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Modern Color Photography

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
'Porto Ercole' 1973 Italy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Paper size 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm Estate Stampe...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Scone Madam' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Scone Madam' 1960: Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly Hills. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie'
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Abaco Islander 1986- Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander, 1986 Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancestor Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'C. Z. Guest' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Banu, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Muskan, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Mazatlan Mansion
Located in London, GB
Mazatlan Mansion Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984 Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152.4 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition- Boats Before The Excelsior 1957
Located in London, GB
Boats Before The Excelsior 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition Boats moored before the Excelsior Hotel on The Lido in Venice, ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Tuscan Holiday' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tuscan Holiday' Holidaymakers on the Tuscan coast at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, August 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Winter Wear' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear' Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976. Paper Size 24x20 in...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Motorcycling Lord' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Motorcycling Lord' Lord Hesketh, Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry, with his motorbike, a Hesketh V1000, by the lake in the grounds of his family estate Easton Neston...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Skiing In Vermont' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vermont' Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1963. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Sugarbush Skiing' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Moutain Buffet' Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and Albert Parveaux of 'Pralong 2000', Courchevel, Fra...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Hotel Camino Real' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Camino Real' The swimming pool of the Hotel Camino Real in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, April 1979. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Scottsdale Home' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Scottsdale Home' Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'The Ali Children' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Ali Children' In Spanish style riding clothes from left to right: TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Abbas Ali of Jordan, August 1980. Paper Size 24x20 i...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Gucci Pooch' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Gucci Pooch' A woman carrying her dog in a Gucci bag, Venice, September, 1978. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Cushing Home' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Cushing Home' Members of the Cushing family outside their home, 'The Ledges' in Newport, June 1966. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Casa Montefino' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Casa Montefino' Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Bahamas' A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside in the Bahamas, May 1967. Bey...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Hotel Il San Pietro' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. Produced from the original transparency Cert...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. A typical 'Slim' photograph chronicling the young and glamorous relaxing poolside. Cat...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Pool In St Tropez' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool In St Tropez' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Ima...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Los Leones
Located in London, GB
'Los Leones' Los Leones, the home of Catherine and Pero Feric at Pointe Milou on the northern coast of Saint-Barthelemy in the Caribbean, March 1991 Gor...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sitting in a hanging chair while having a drink in a bar in the Bahamas, in April 1967. A group of drink...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Police Patrol' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Sugarbush Ice Bar
Located in New York, NY
Ski Fashion At Sugarbush 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 American socialite and fashion writer Nan Kempner (1930 - 2005) at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

'Skiing Waiters' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Waiters' Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine in an ice bucket and the third carryin...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sarah Marson Williams
Located in London, GB
Sarah Marson Williams enjoys a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point, Barbados, April 1976. Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 30" inches / ca 50.8 x 76.2 cm’s paper...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Jean Serpieri' Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece, Decemb...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Peggy Guggenheim 1978 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Peggy Guggenheim September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 – 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collectio...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Esther Williams In Florida - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams In Florida Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with friends in Florida, 1955. Gorgeo...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

NEW: Slim Aarons 'Villa at El Cuarton' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by the pool at the home of Vanessa Somers McConnell at Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, September 1970. Slim Aarons Villa at El Cuarton 1970 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons - Speedboat Landing - Giant size - Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, 1973. A modern classic 'S...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Senator Goldwater' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Senator Goldwater' April 1967: Senator Barry Goldwater (1909 - 1998) in the mountains near Scottsdale, Arizona. Leaning against a buckboard he is dr...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May 1975. ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. Gorgeous print measuring a large 30 x 20 inches / ca 76 x 51 cm's. Estate Stamped C...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Trails And Slopes
Located in London, GB
A sign listing the named ski trails and ski slopes at Cranmore Mountain, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76.2 x 50.8 cm’s paper siz...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sunbathing In Burgenstock
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Burgenstock Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Burgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955. Gorgeous p...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'California Garden Party' Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, Califor...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Countess on Deck (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Bermudan Hostess
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Thaibok slacks and shirt for a ride in an open carriage, Ber...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Swimming In Bermuda
Located in London, GB
Guests on Sidney Gould's 'Sea Quest' boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Sta...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Dining at Gstaad, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Dining at Gstaad, Switzerland 1961 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons - Klosters - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Klosters by Slim Aarons Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963. Skiers walk past the hotel and along the snow covered road carrying skis on their shoulders. The...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Ice Bar
Located in London, GB
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collect...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Paper size 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Natale Rusconi' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Natale Rusconi' Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 1...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Chateau Saint-Martin' 1986 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Chateau Saint-Martin' 1986 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print An outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cote d'Azu...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color

'Capri Hotel' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capri Hotel' Richard Bolliger, owner of Bolliger Transport Worldwide, holidaying on Capri, September 1989. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Monte Carlo Pool' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo Pool' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print White umbrellas line a swimming pool in Monte Carlo, July 1975. Produced from the original transparency Certificat...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons - Verbier Skiers - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Skiers', 1964. Stylish skiers dressed in fashionable ski wear including a young woman who wears a fur jacket adjust skis and prepare for a day on ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Speedboat Landing - Giant size - Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, 1973. A modern classic 'Si...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vegetables from my garden #9 Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vegetables from my garden #9 by Zoltan Gerliczki From the Vegetables from my garden series Archival Pigment Print Image size: 39 in H x 48 in W. Edition of 9 + 2AP Unframed 2021 "W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Megachess' A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Porto Ercole' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' A jetty juts out from a rocky shoreline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Courchevel' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel' A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Modern color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Toni Frissell, and Alain Le Garsmeur. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern color photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $36 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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