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Realist Color Photography

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

​​Find authentic realist paintings, sculptures, prints and more art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Realist
Ginko Biloba No. 1, floral photography, limited edition print, green art
Located in Deddington, GB
Discover new photography by Allan Forsyth online and in our Wychwood Art Gallery in Deddington. Allan Forsyth is an artist who explores a breadth of themes that is reflected in the r...
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2010s Realist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mountain top in Verbier, Swit...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary de...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Skiing In Seefeld, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985. This i...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Ice Bar, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim A...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Pool at Bouldereign (Flintstone Home), Arizona, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Hovgard's home, Bouldereign in Carefree, Arizona, built around the boulders on a desert site, January 1973. Slim Aarons Flintstone Home, Arizona Lambda Print 4 sizes available ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Porto Ercole, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will r...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, "Sunbathing in Arizona" (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. Slim Aarons Sunbathing in Arizona Lambda Print More sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 4...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Slim Aarons Estate E...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Skiers at Gstaad, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Hotel Punta Tragara, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Piazza Umberto, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view of a parasols shading customers at cafes and restaurants in the Piazza Umberto, on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate o...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Capote Cycling, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Capote Cycling Slim Aarons Estate Edition 1970: Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) on his bicycle in Palm Springs, California. Author of several novels including 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' which was made into a film. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Internal: Vintage Literary photography, vintage writers, vintage glamour, vintage breakfast at...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Lounging in Gstaad' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. Slim Aarons Lounging in Gstaad Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition ...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

On the Sugarbush Slopes, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr playing backgammon with Betsy Pickering on a polar bear rug at his chalet at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in in Warren...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Windsurfing on the waters off the Amalfi Coast, Italy, in September 1978. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons E...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975 Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Backgammon by the pool...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Armando Orsini, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Armando Orsini, a New York restaurateur, poses in a Tuscan olive grove, with a table displaying dishes of olives and a bottle of olive oil, Italy, in August 1975...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Waiting in the Shade, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman shelters under a parasol on a beach on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1967. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Secrets, Estate Edition, Slim Aarons Palm Beach Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer share a secret at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Description and alt text: In this classic image of midcentury poolside glamour, t...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Secrets, Estate Edition, Slim Aarons Palm Beach Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer share a secret at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Description and alt text: In this classic image of midcentury poolside glamour, two suntanned white women share a moment by the sparkling blue and green reflective swimming pool. Flo Smith wears a breezy straw hat and sailor striped top with white shorts, and Lily Pulitzer wears a mod Grecian vase print and coral pants, and a vibrant pink kerchief. The figures in the foreground are in crisp detail, and the lush background of palm trees and cool blue sky is in soft focus. There is a beautiful contrast between the soft-focus background foliage and its graphic, bright reflection in the pool in the middle ground. Flo holds a white bag and her nails are painted red, echoing the trim of her hat. Pulitzer wears a jade bracelet, echoing the jade of the pool and her top, and her nails are natural. A blue cabana can be seen in the background. Flo holds an arm around Lily's waist, and Lily lightly tips the corner of Flo's hat. This is a perfect image for a collector of classic photography, midcentury glamour, or iconic friendship. Color chips for complementary decorative shades of soft red, deep pink, delft blue (sky), and jade greens (pool, palms and poolside foliage) can be seen in slideshow. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition Modern printing from original transparency C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color Paper weight 210gms Matte Satin Surface Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of photography, negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal tags are vintage glamour, vintage Palm Beach, midcentury glamour featuring Lily Pulitzer, Slim Aarons, classic midcentury photography, perfect reflection, iconic friendship, historic glamour, red, pink, blue and green, turquoise and jade...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Skiers in St. Moritz, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. This is an...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Piazza Umberto, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view of a parasols shading customers at cafes and restaurants in the Piazza Umberto, on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate o...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Pairs, Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This coveted Slim Aarons photograph encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour, displayed in vibrant hues of yellow, white, and striking turquoise synonymous with the classic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

New England Skiing, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authentici...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Algarve Hotel Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, 1970 Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy,...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing in Arizona, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Sunbathing in Arizona...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

French Bath
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joyce Pallardy relaxes at the Villa Macopa, the home of Mrs Andre Hammel in St Tropez, August 1977. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects i...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Leisure in Antibes' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Leisure in Antibes Hotel du Cap E...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967 Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Pantz Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Laura Hawk, assistant to the Slim Aarons, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz's Marbella home, September 1st, 1985. Slim Aarons Marbella Pool Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Collector will get the next number in the edition Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Internal: Mid-Century Vintage Marbella...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing in Bermuda, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967. Bathers in colorful vintage swimsuits lounge on a white sandy beach and swim in turquoise water among rocky outcroppings. S...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Ice Bar in Lech, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate C...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Droulers And Daughters, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roberta Droulers sitting with her daughters, Nathalie and Virginie, in the lobby of the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, Cernobbio, Italy, circa 1984. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certifi...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Party In Bermuda, Estate Edition, (1970 on the Yacht Ondine in yellow and red)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic photograph of 70's vintage socialite and party glamour, captured onboard the wood-trimmed deck of the yacht 'Ondine' in Bermuda, ...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Rowing Off Sicily, Estate Edition (Taormina, Italy: rocky turquoise seascape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Rowing Off Sicily, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of two couples out rowing off the coast of Sicily, Italy, near Taorm...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Chateau Saint-Martin, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast on the verandah of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cote d'Azur, France, 1986. The building was once a Commanderie of the Knights Templar, dating ba...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Las Brisas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Hotel Excelsior, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons ...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a helicopter arriving at a mo...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Eagle Club, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Es...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Monte Carlo Swimwear, Estate Edition: Classic midcentury French Riviera style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman in a black cutaway swimsuit and turquoise scarf under a red, fringed umbrella in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in August 1970. In this classic Slim Aarons scene of 1970's vintage seaside glamour, a red umbrella with white fringe adds movement at the top right corner, and the subject's arms direct the viewer's eye across the picture in a zig-zag fashion. In the background, yellow and green umbrellas shade...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Pool At Porto Rotondo, Estate Edition (Sardinia, Italy)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of a swimming pool in Rosarda, Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy, August 1982. Visual Description:...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Rowing Off Sicily, Estate Edition (Taormina, Italy: rocky turquoise seascape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Rowing Off Sicily, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of two couples out rowing off the coast of Sicily, Italy, near Taorm...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Lounging in Gstaad' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. SLIM AARONS Lounging in Gstaad Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition ...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Skiing Waiters, Estate Edition, midcentury glamour in Stowe, Vermont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Waters Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 40 inches 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 carrying a menu, circa 1960. Numbered and stamped by The Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. This photograph is sold unframed Undercurrent Projects...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Lake Worth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vibrant purple twilight sky over the Lake Worth inlet, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Nirvana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to off...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Guests At Villa Nirvana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud ...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Peggy Bancroft, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs Thomas Bancroft Jnr (Peggy Bancroft) in the foyer of her Manhattan duplex, circa 1958. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Princess Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool at the Princess Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projec...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Guests At Villa Nirvana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud ...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Princess Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool at the Princess Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projec...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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C Print

La Barranca
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis' villa in Acapulco, January 1971. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Princess Bianca, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Bianca Hanau-Schaumburg at her Gstaad chalet, 1985. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by...
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1980s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Bettina Graziani, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 - 2015) adjusting the sail of a boat, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Sl...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Realist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Massimo Listri, Sean Scully, and John Conn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda 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 Realist color photography, so small editions measuring 8.5 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 $200 and tops out at $28,500, while the average work sells for $3,350.

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