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Period: 1950s
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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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Louis Armstrong Posed With Trumpet
Located in Carmel, CA
Excellent Condition Rare Signed and stamped on verso
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frank Llyod Wright - American Architect Posed With Cane
Located in Carmel, CA
Signed, stamped and dated on verso. Excellent condition. Unframed. Comes with over mat.
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mo...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Estate Edition
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 Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 40...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Audrey Hepburn, Rockefeller Tower, New York
By George Douglas
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is all about the work of George Douglas, a brilliant photographer of the mid 20th Century. In the 1940s, 50s and 60s he worked for leading magazines of the day, both in Britain...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Table Hopping
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1959: Senator Jack Kennedy (President John F Kennedy) greeting old friends at an 'April in Paris' ball held in the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom, New York. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

We Know Our Place
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the Seabrook estate, New Jersey. 40 x 40 inches $3950 ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

We Know Our Place
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the Seabrook estate, New Jersey. 40 x 40 inches $3950 ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

We Know Our Place
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the Seabrook estate, New Jersey. 40 x 40 inches $3950 ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary deal...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Swimmer and Sunbather, Tahoe, Estate Edition. Vintage 50s California Nevada line
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva resort and casino straddles the border between Nevada and California and the line on the bottom of the pool marks the state boundary. It was owned by Frank Sinatra from 1960 to 1968. Slim Aarons Swimmer and Sunbather Cal Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe 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: Vintage Sport, Midcentury Modern, Vintage Lake Tahoe, Vintage Glamour, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Cal Neva Lodge, American Realist, Midcentury sport, Midcentury Glamour, California Nevada State Line, Midcentury Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Trip, Vintage Watersports, Vintage Nevada, Vintage Swimming...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Bad Luck Gloria
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 - 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress Oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday, sits proudly wi...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Bad Luck Gloria
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 - 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress Oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday, sits proudly wi...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Taylor, Todd And Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing Black and White Photogr...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Taylor, Todd And Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Taylor, Todd And Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Spring Break
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Kennedy And Friends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. Slim Aarons Kennedy And Friends Black and White Photography Slim Aarons...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Kennedy And Friends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. Slim Aarons Kennedy And Friends Black and White Photography Slim Aarons...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Venetian Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice. Slim Aarons Venetian Play Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Venetian Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice. Slim Aarons Venetian Play Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx. Slim Aarons Eden Hartford Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Est...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth A...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth A...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Luxury Dining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Luxury Dining Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Luxury Dining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Luxury Dining Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Luxury Dining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Luxury Dining Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aa...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Audrey Hepburn, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Audrey Hepburn, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob W...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Positano, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate C...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Positano, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate C...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Positano, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate C...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Edna Lewis, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A restaurant in Positano, Italy, 1958. One of the woman is art director Edna Lewis. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Edna Lewis, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A restaurant in Positano, Italy, 1958. One of the woman is art director Edna Lewis. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Edna Lewis, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A restaurant in Positano, Italy, 1958. One of the woman is art director Edna Lewis. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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Realist 1950s Portrait 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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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Caprice On Capri, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Singer and actress Caprice Chantal (right) on the Italian island of Capri. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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