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Realist Landscape 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.

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Style: Realist
Great Harbour Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shippin...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Saint-Tropez Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping ...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Spot The Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: A polo match at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts. The club was so named because of the near-sightedness of its original members. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Campbell Falls Picnic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, USA, 1959. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complime...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Treasure Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer sh...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition. From the Poolside Series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (189...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Palermo Pool, Estate Edition (with notes from Taormina)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palermo Pool, is a genuine Slim Aarons Estate Edition photograph. This iconic image vividly captures a shimmering swimming pool and sun-kissed stone and gardens, beside boats navigating the sparkling turquoise waters of Palermo. Adding to the image's depth and allure are the geological formations subtly visible beneath the sea's surface. This midcentury masterpiece offers a unique glimpse into Aarons' ability to blend nature and lifestyle in his photography. Former description from the Slim Aarons archive: Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of a swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 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. Saint-Tropez, France is a glamorous vacation destination west of Nice and east of Marseille in the Var...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Harbour Isle Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons 1957, printed later C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, contin...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Harbour Island, Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldw...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. Visual Description: A skiier crests a snow-covered mountain in Sugarbush, Vermont, in 1960. Numbered and stamped by ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Nassau Beach Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside the United States. 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 i...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Abaco Holiday
Located in Los Angeles, CA
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 ...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Abaco Holiday
Located in Los Angeles, CA
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 ...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Peace And Plenty
Located in Los Angeles, CA
People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Peace And Plenty
Located in Los Angeles, CA
People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Il Pellicano Tennis, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Aston Martin DB6 sports car driving past the tennis courts at Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, C...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Hotel Taormina Pool, Sicily, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Abaco Holiday
Located in Los Angeles, CA
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 ...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Peace And Plenty
Located in Los Angeles, CA
People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Spot The Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: A polo match at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts. The club was so named because of the near-sightedness of its original members. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Cotton Bay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Campbells' pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complim...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Cotton Bay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Campbells' pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complim...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

The Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. Beyond the pool is...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

The Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. Beyond the pool is...
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1960s Realist Landscape 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 Landscape Photography

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C Print

Waterfall at Rose Hall, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman combing her hair by a waterfall at Rose Hall, Jamaica, December 1971. Visual description: A tanned white woman smiles and combs her long brown hair by a waterfall at Rose H...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Out Islands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sailing boats in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, April 1964. 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Great Harbour Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shippin...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams in Florida, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with friends in Florida, 1955 Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Campbell Falls Picnic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, USA, 1959. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complime...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Island Lookout
Located in Los Angeles, CA
May 1968: Nattily dressed, W Clifford Klenk with his telescope and his wife, Hope in their Hog island house. 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 20 x 20 inches $2500 12 x 1...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Eleuthera Pool Party
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1970, Eleuthera Pool Party, Bahamas. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, ...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Bahamanian Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, world...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Treasure Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer sh...
Category

1980s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Harbour Isle Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Party, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certific...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Eleuthera Pool Party
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1970, Eleuthera Pool Party, Bahamas. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, ...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 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...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Nassau Beach Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside the United States. 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 i...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Great Harbour Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A horseshoe beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Harbour Isle Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer...
Category

1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Freeport Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 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...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Yachts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts in a marina in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Mazatlan Mansion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, wo...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Bahamanian Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, world...
Category

1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Treasure Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer sh...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

French Leave Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera in The Bahamas, 1960. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inche...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Great Harbour Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A horseshoe beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mazatlan Mansion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, wo...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Great Harbour Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shippin...
Category

1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Campbell Falls Picnic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, USA, 1959. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

French Leave Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera in The Bahamas, 1960. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inche...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Party on the Steps, Estate Edition, Palm Springs Poolside series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of 1970s elegance with this extraordinary Slim Aarons photograph. Taken in January 1970, it encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour at a pool party at N...
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1970s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Skiers at Verbier, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1964: Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. Skiers at Verbier Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate o...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Cotton Bay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Campbells' pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complim...
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1980s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, 1961. Ingrid was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in Mexico City. Portofino Villa Slim Aarons Estate Edition ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Realist landscape photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist landscape 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 landscape 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, green, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Pico Garcez, Kind of Cyan, and Sean Scully. 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 landscape photography, so small editions measuring 9 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape 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 $65,000, while the average work sells for $3,038.

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