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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: William Wegman
Slim Aarons Pop and Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Pop and Society (Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger) Chromogenic lambda print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 1968: From lef...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. S...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Monocled Miss' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons Monocled...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Inga Lindgren And Poodles 1956 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino and Rava' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Paola Mussetti in Sardinia'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Paola Mussetti, 1982 Fiber print Paola Mussetti, a science student from Turin, poses in a bikini in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy, in August 1982. (Photo by Slim Aarons...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Jack & GeeGee Entz on Rose-Canopied Steps, Tivoli near Rome, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance of the tennis courts at the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970. Slim Aarons Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 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 * Internal: Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez, Vintage Ships, French Riviera, Beach Photography, Vintage Riviera, Vintage Docks...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Family Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Family 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 60 x 60 inches $5100 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 16 x 16 inches $2150 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 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: Slim Aarons Lake Forest, Vintage Poolside Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Vintage Holiday, 60s, vintage Illinois...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is ...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite, C. Z. Guest, ( aka Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with her personalized Ford Model T t...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Family Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Family 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 60 x 60 inches $5100 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 16 x 16 inches $2150 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 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: Slim Aarons Lake Forest, Vintage Poolside Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Vintage Holiday, 60s, vintage Illinois...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1. His passenger is Margaret McAulay. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 Compli...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Taormina' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastal town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy, March 1963, Printed Later Slim Aarons Taormina Sicily, Italy Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970. Slim Aarons Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 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 * Internal: Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez, Vintage Ships, French Riviera, Beach Photography, Vintage Riviera, Vintage Docks...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, 'Francine Brandt' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. Slim Aarons Francine Brandt Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping t...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

C.Z. Guest with her Poodle (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
1962: Socialite Mrs. Winston Guest holding poodle poolside. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-20...
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1960s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Polo Party, 1981 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to r...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Clifftop Pool, Barranca, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis' villa 'La Barranca', Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971. Slim Aarons 'Clifftop Pool' Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 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 * Internal: Slim Aarons, Acapulco, Vintage Poolside...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1954: Two young women going snorkelling. Slim Aarons Snorkelling Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed later Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 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 * Internal: Slim Aarons, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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1940s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests walking up steps at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969 Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, "Poolside in Arizona" (Architecture, Desert, Pool, 1970's)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Poolside In Arizona' by Slim Aarons Fabulously fashionable guests by the calm water of the swimming pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. Slim Aaron...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach (Estate Edition, #1)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
C.Z. Guest, 1955: The American socialite with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 Slim Aarons C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, 1955 La...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, 1987 Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Esta...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests walking up steps at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969 Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Poolside in Arizona, Estate Edition (Vintage Midcentury Architecture)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Poolside In Arizona' by Slim Aarons Fabulously fashionable guests by the calm water of the swimming pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale,...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948. Slim Aarons Handball in Central Park Chromogenic Lambda print Slim...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Madame Jean Serpieri
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown which belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of m...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Palm Beach Arts Festival, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Arts Festival Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimen...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Family Chair (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in her great-grandfather’s favourite chair in front of the family mansion now the Flagler Museum, Palm Be...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957 Fiber print 30 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Marie-Louise Scio, Tettuccio Terme, Montecatini, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Slim Aarons, Marie-Louise Scio (Tettuccio Terme, Montecatini, Italy, 1980) Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your fram...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in April 1968. Slim Aarons Snowmass Gathering Lambda Print 6 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed Later Collector gets 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 print. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives a true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed. Slideshow includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition. Slim Aarons was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. Internal: Slim Aarons, Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, Colorado, Ski Photography, Helicopter, Winter Scene, Snowscape, Snow Photography...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Barbados Bliss (Ava Marshall, Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Barbados Bliss / Ava Marshall, 1976 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwi...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Blue Lagoon, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. This ...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Barbados Bliss (Ava Marshall, Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Barbados Bliss / Ava Marshall, 1976 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwi...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. Slim Aarons Leisure and Fashion Chromogenic Lambda Print Slim Aa...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Barbados Bliss (Ava Marshall, Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Barbados Bliss / Ava Marshall, 1976 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwi...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is ...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'David Nightingale Hicks' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 1970—Interior designer David Nightingale Hicks (1929 - 1998) on Windermere Island in the Bahamas. David Nightingale Hicks Slim Aarons Es...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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David Nightingale Hicks (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 1970—Interior designer David Nightingale Hicks (1929 - 1998) on Windermere Island in the Bahamas. David Nightingale Hicks Slim Aarons Es...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Lily Safra (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Lily Safra, 1991 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 July 1991: Lily Safra, wife of Lebanese born banker Edmond Safra, at home in La Leopolda, S...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Tania Mallet in the Bahamas'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Inga Lindgren And Poodles 1956 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack and GeeGee Entz on Rose-Canopied Steps, Tivoli (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance of the tennis courts at the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Pussy Footing'
Located in New York, NY
Pussy Footing 1958, Printed Later C print 16 x 16 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Caption: Actress Dee Hartf...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

CZ Guest, Palm Beach
Located in New York, NY
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) stands in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stam...
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1950s American Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pussyfooting, Dee Hartford (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot - a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifica...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons, Holiday Hair Check
Located in New York, NY
Holiday Hair Check 1958 Silver gelatin print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Faith Gibbons checks her hair in t...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Contessa Simona Fede Marzotto'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Contessa Simona Fede Marzotto 1988 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Contessa ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sugarbush Ice Bar
Located in New York, NY
Sugarbush Ice Bar 1969 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969. Estate stamped and hand numbered editio...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Pussy Footing'
Located in New York, NY
Pussy Footing 1958, Printed Later C print 20 x 20 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Caption: Actress Dee Hartf...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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