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Modern Figurative 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
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
' Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the cov...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Cortina d'Ampezzo' 1982 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Cortina d'Ampezzo' 1982 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. Produced from the orig...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-f...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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'Slim Aarons' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Slim Aarons' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984. Produced from the orig...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, April 1966. Produced from the ori...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Celebrity Cruise 1955 Costa Smeralda Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Celebrity Cruise' Costa Smeralda 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Culinary Heights' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Culinary Heights' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and A...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

"The Queen", Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
Located in Miami, FL
" The Queen in Red" Folsom Street Fair, BDSM Leather Event Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". Signed dated and numbered lower right, recto, 3/15, other size available...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Queen In Concert by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Queen In Concert By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition Freddie Mercury and Queen in concert All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 10...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Pool At Bouldereign' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Bouldereign' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests round the pool at Bouldereign, Carl Hovgard's home in Carefree, Arizona, January 1973. (Photo by Slim Aar...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Sea Drive' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour a...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Anne Anka' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Anne Anka' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Alicia, An...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Villa Borghese Lion' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Villa Borghese Lion' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A young girl eating an ice cream while sitting on a sculpture of a lion in the grounds of the Villa Borghese in ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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'Palm Springs Life' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Life' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons - Jhelum River 1961- Estate stamped
Located in London, GB
Jhelum River 1961 Slim Aarons A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the 'HB Cutty Sark'. A relatively new find...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Porto Rotondo' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. Produced from the original transparenc...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Poolside Socialites' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Socialites' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvi...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Marbella Club ' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Marbella Club' by Slim Aarons Guests relax by the pool of the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain, August 1980. This photograph epitomises the travel style...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. Produced fr...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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'Dining In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dining In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. Produced from the original transparency Certific...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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The Oriental Hotel, Bangkok' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
The Oriental Hotel' by Slim Aarons Residents of Thailand, John D. Wester, a member of the Board of Director's of the Oriental Hotel, and Florence B. Greene of Executive Office Servi...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'North By North West'
Located in London, GB
NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, 1959/ Everett Collection. A beautiful archival pigment print - Large 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm's (paper size) (The Everett Collection ) ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969. Produced from the original transparency Certif...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) C...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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'Taormina' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Taormina' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975. Produced from the original transparency Cert...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hul...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Sreesha, 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 Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Social Call' Acapulco 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Social Call' Acapulco 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. A new Archive discovery. The beautiful young soci...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Countess On Deck' 1982 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Countess On Deck' 1982 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Cortina d'Ampezzo' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Cortina d'Ampezzo' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Snowboarding in Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1988. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authentici...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Snorkelling' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Snorkelling' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1954: Two young women going snorkelling. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Ce...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes'
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfri...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Skiers In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiers In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity sup...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970 Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pr...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Sunbathing In Antibes' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Antibes' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Poolside Conversation' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Conversation' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for bu...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Mady De La Houssaye' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Mady De La Houssaye' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Mady de la Houssaye, Martinique, March 1973. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticit...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Poolside Scenery' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Scenery' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk's desert house ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Snowmass Village' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Snowmass Village' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. Pro...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

'Beach Hut In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beach Hut In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests at a beach hut at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Produced fr...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

'Relaxing in Lech' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Relaxing in Lech' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A group of people sitting in the sun at the Gasthof Post hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, 1960. Produced...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

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

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C Print

'Oberon’s Lunch' 1966 Acapulco Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Oberon’s Lunch' Acapulco 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film star Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second fro...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Jean Serpieri' Official 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, Decem...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Palm Bay Club' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Bay Club' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Silver Gelatin Resin Print Produ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Newport Mainstays' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Newport Mainstays' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Rudulph Ellis Carter holds a picnic in Newport, August 1987. The group includes David Lindh, Frank Gilligan, Kenne...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Life' Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Life' Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk's desert house in Palm Spri...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Caracalla Therme' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Caracalla Therme' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990. Produced from the original transpar...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Il Pellicano Hotel' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Hotel' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. Produ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Debo, 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 Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Alfresco Dining' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Alfresco Dining' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests dining at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print An aerial view of the hotels along the coast at Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972. Produced from the original tra...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

'Casa De Camp' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Casa De Camp' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Prod...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955. Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Produced from the original ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Curling At St. Moritz' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Curling At St. Moritz' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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