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Realist Portrait 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
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sitting at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. This is an estate...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958, printed later

$5,400
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

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Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1976, printed later

$2,400
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sitting at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. This is an estate...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958, printed later

$2,400
Andy Warhol in his studio, 1987 (for the Palm Springs Art Museum)
By Michael Childers
Located in New York, NY
Michael Childers Andy Warhol in his studio, 1987, 2007 Photographic print Hand Signed on the lower right front in black felt tip marker Frame Included This is one of a series of port...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol in his studio, 1987 (for the Palm Springs Art Museum)
Andy Warhol in his studio, 1987 (for the Palm Springs Art Museum)

Michael Childers
Andy Warhol in his studio, 1987 (for the Palm Springs Art Museum), 2007

$2,500
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Cortina D...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1962

$3,000
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: From left to right, Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle

Slim Aarons
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle, 1968

$5,400
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woma...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition, 1968

$3,600
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released. This exquisite p...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition, 1961

$4,200
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Cortina D...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1962

$2,400
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA. This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1962, printed later

$2,400
Pevero Golf Corse
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Pevero Golf Corse, 1978 C-print Estate edition of 150 1978, The Pevero Golf Course, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Pevero Golf Corse

Slim Aarons
Pevero Golf Corse, 1978

$3,600
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,600
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957 - Printed Later

$3,000
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features model turned fashion editor turned society hostess, Florence Pritchett Smith, covers her sleevel...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1950, printed later

$1,800
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA. This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1962, printed later

$3,600
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle. Slim Aarons Pink Accessory, Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print 1955, Printed Later...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1955

$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Marlene Deitrich in New York' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In top hat and tails Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdalene von Losch) (1904 - 1992) performs at an 'April in Paris' ball in New York. 60 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Marlene Deitrich in New York' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'Marlene Deitrich in New York' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Marlene Deitrich in New York' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1959

$3,900
Untitled, Motorcycle Bondage, San Francisco.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fisher Ross. Untitled, Image #5, ca. 1975-80. Offset print postcard format. 4.5 x 6.5 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Excellent condition. Photographs fr...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Offset

Untitled, Motorcycle Bondage, San Francisco.
Untitled, Motorcycle Bondage, San Francisco.

Fisher Ross
Untitled, Motorcycle Bondage, San Francisco., ca. 1978

$600
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1954-printed later

$2,400
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marsha Gayle (in red stripes) and a friend relax on a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, An...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1977-printed later

$1,800
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA. This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1962, printed later

$1,800
Princess Caroline of Monaco (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco, with her pet dog Tiffany, Monte Carlo 1977. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authent...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Princess Caroline of Monaco (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Princess Caroline of Monaco (Aarons Estate Edition), 1977

$5,400
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition, 1960

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Pop and Society' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pop and Society Estate Edition 1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a larg...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Pop and Society' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'Pop and Society' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Pop and Society' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1968

$3,900
Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)
By Philip Pearlstein
Located in New York, NY
Philip Pearlstein The Complete Paintings, 1984 Hardback monograph with dust jacket Hand signed, dated and inscribed to Nadine by Philip Pearlstein 12 × 10 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches This i...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)
Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)

Philip Pearlstein
Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein), 1984

$880
Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. This ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1989 - Printed Later

$2,400
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins' House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt of English and American foxhounds, November 1976. The...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1976

$4,200
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1947, Printed Later

$2,400
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy. This...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957, printed later

$3,600
Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition, 1968

$3,000
Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
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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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach

Slim Aarons
Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, 1955

$3,450
Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull
By Slim Aarons
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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Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull
Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull

Slim Aarons
Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull, 1968

$2,400
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,600
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition, 1983

$4,200
Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (in white crochet, left) talking to a guest by the pool at Ne...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$1,800
Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition, 1957

$4,200
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$2,400
Barbados Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mr and Mrs Nigel van Wieck take a stroll along a beach in Barbados, April 1976 Visual Description: A couple walks along a white and natural sand beach...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Barbados Beach, Estate Edition
Barbados Beach, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Barbados Beach, Estate Edition, 1976

$5,400
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$1,800
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$2,400
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Cortina D...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1962

$3,600
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Model Barbara...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1963

$4,200
Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Princess Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp de...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1968 - printed later

$1,800
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1979, printed later

$2,400
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,000
Madame Jean Serpieri
By Slim Aarons
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

Madame Jean Serpieri
Madame Jean Serpieri

Slim Aarons
Madame Jean Serpieri, 1961, printed later

$3,900
Britt Ekland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stampe...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Britt Ekland, Estate Edition
Britt Ekland, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Britt Ekland, Estate Edition, 1969

$5,400
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1979, printed later

$3,600
Hibiscus Flowers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1960. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Hibiscus Flowers
Hibiscus Flowers

Slim Aarons
Hibiscus Flowers, 1960

$1,800
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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

Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$1,800
Capote's House, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Capote's House Slim Aarons Estate Edition American writer Truman Capote's house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Internal: Vintage Literary photography, vintage writers, vintage glamour, vintage breakfast...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capote's House, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Capote's House, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Capote's House, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1970

$1,800
Black Pearl Trippers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henry B. Cabot Jr. (standing, centre) with his son Henry Bromfield Cabot III and their host Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III (in striped shirt) aboard the brigantine 'Black Pearl', ci...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Black Pearl Trippers
Black Pearl Trippers

Slim Aarons
Black Pearl Trippers, 1959

$5,400
Party At Romanoff's, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Modern es...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Party At Romanoff's, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Party At Romanoff's, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1959

$1,800
Nirvana Quartet
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oscar Obregon Salazar Gomez Velez Guzman y Murphy (centre, left) with Karen Murphy, Robin Goodland and Melissa Engelhardt at the Villa Nirvana hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, 1986. Compli...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Nirvana Quartet
Nirvana Quartet

Slim Aarons
Nirvana Quartet, 1986

$1,800
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers outside the Ch...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1968-printed later

$5,400
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,000
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1989, printed later

$3,600

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