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Art Subject: Tree
Strong Birch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Lone birch tree in the mountains on the isle of sky in Scotland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Vermont Winter Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansf...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Lure Of Lamu Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Lure Of Lamu
1987
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The resort of Kiwayu Mlango wa Chanu in the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, February 1987. The resort is run by ...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Rawlings Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings
1950
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
unframed
c typ...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Street Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street
1953
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
unframed
c type
printed 2023
20 x ...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Capri Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
In Capri
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Robert Hornstein, the artist Novella Parigini and Prince Dado Ruspoli on Capri, circa 1958.
unframed
c type print
...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bikinis In Haiti Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bikinis In Haiti
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis,...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pool At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x ...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Early Riders Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Early Riders
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern Californ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saint Kitts and Nevis Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, March 1984.
unfra...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Model Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Model
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Model Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward wearing a dinner dress by Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, 1960. The bodi...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Windy Hill, Stand of Trees Sepia Toned
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed and Sepia Toned by Artist.
Printed 2011
Edition 5/20
Over Matted.
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Esther Williams Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
24 x...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Treasure Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Treasure Cay
1986
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
24 x 2...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Taormina Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Taormina
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 inches - paper size
Limited ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ardizzone’s House Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ardizzone’s House
1985
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Overlooking Ardizzone’s House, on the water’s edge in Portofino, Italy, July 1985.
unframed
c type print...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beach Near Portinatx Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach Near Portinatx
1989
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers seen through the trees, at a beach near Portinatx, Ibiza, Spain, 1989.
unframed
c type ...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anguilla Beach Resort Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anguilla Beach Resort
1992
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on the mile-long crescent beach at the Hotel Cap Jaluca resort, Anguilla, Leeward Island...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leisure And Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
unframed
c typ...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Molly Wilmot’s Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Molly Wilmot’s Pool
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The swimming pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982.
unframed
c type print...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alice Topping Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Al Fresco Tea Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son, July 1961
unframe...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957
unframed
c typ...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cap Juluca Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cap Juluca Hotel
1992
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Patricia and Margaret O’Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla, 1992.
unframed
c type print
...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cotton Bay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cotton Bay
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The Campbells’ pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982.
unframed
c type print
prin...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oberon’s Lunch Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon’s Lunch
1966
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film star Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is sec...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
All Mine Ladies Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
All Mine
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, ...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Megachess Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Megachess
1993
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993.
unfra...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mazatlan Mansion Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mazatlan Mansion
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16 ...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two-Tone Dress Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two-Tone Dress
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the wai...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside Luncheon Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Luncheon
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests enjoying luncheon in a marquee by the pool at Mrs Reed Albee’s house, Palm Beach, Florida, April 19...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Fullers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Fullers
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable Euro...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palace Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x 20" - paper size
Limited to 150 p...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abaco Islander Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander
1986
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His anc...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Neo-Classical Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool
1985
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside Secrets Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Secrets
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961.
unframed
c type prin...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Camelback Inn Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Camelback Inn
1967
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A view of the Camelback Inn, Scottsdale Arizona, April 1967
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 inches -...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957
unfram...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Il Pellicano Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Pool
1986
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986.
unframed
c type print
...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
How to Disappear – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
How to Disappear, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with watercolour and oil pastel
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Looking For Answers 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
"Scotland 0030" Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Scotland 0030" Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in ceramic sculpture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Barely There – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, B/W, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Barely There, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with ink
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with wooden backframe
Sheet 91....
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Messages 03:19 – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, Framed Artwork
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Messages 03:19, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper in white distance frame
Sheet 23.2 x 27.4 cm (9 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Frame 24.6 x 28.7 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lalo Tree – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, B/W, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Lalo Tree, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with ink, watercolour and oil pastel
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Me, Myself & Her – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
Me, Myself & Her, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with watercolour and oil pastel
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In the Caul – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, B/W, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
In the Caul, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with ink and watercolour
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with wooden back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trees on the edge of Field, cloudy, storm, black white art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Row of trees at the edge of the field during a storm with heavy clouds, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, tit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Black and White, Digital, Digital ...
"Natural Satellite" A Solarized Silver Gelatin Photograph of a Tree and Moon
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Natural Satellite" is a moody solarized silver gelatin photograph by Monterey, CA based artist Rachell Hester. This strange photograph depicts a snails eye view of a large tree with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Canary Islands Dragon Tree, Madeira, black white fine art Landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Dragon trees on the beautiful island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Black and White, Digital, Digital ...
Fourteen Cherry Trees, Cornfield, black and white photography, art, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Cherry tree avenue with lines in the cornfield, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Parking lot with Palm Trees, Madeira, black and white photography, art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Minimalistic palm trees at the parking lot directly at the sea in Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Villa del Balbianello, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Lake Como, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Villa
Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on the terrace of Monzino's home, Villa del Balbianello in Lenno, overlooking Lake Como, Italy, in June 1983.
Immerse yourself in the tranquil luxury of Lake Como with this exquisite Slim Aarons photograph featuring Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988), captured at his Villa del Balbianello in Lenno, Italy, in June 1983.
This alluring image brings to life a leisurely afternoon on the terrace of Monzino's home, shared with four companions, embodying the relaxed elegance that Lake Como is renowned for. Visually framed by stone columns draped in lush, winding ivy, this beautifully composed photograph offers a rare glimpse into the private world of one of Italy's most adventurous figures, presenting an enticing blend of personal narrative and stunning Italian landscape.
Featuring the tranquil atmosphere of Lake Como as the backdrop, the scene captures the idyllic beauty of the Northern Italian locale known for its stunning panoramas, historic villas, and timelessly luxurious lifestyle.
This Slim Aarons photograph serves as a passport to a world of adventure and sophistication, perfect for art enthusiasts, collectors of vintage glamour...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hedges, Palace of Versailles, Paris, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Avenue of hedges in the garden of Versailles palace in Paris, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Villa del Balbianello, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Lake Como, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the tranquil luxury of Lake Como with this exquisite Slim Aarons photograph featuring Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988), captured at his Villa del Balbianello...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
One Good Summer
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed Platinum Photograph.
Artist is Australian
Beautiful blacks and creamy whites.
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Eternal - HEIWA by Alexandre Manuel (Black and white minimalist)
Located in New York City, NY
Series: ETERNAL
All available sizes and editions:
20" x 32" editions of 10
30" x 54" editions of 7
40" x 72" editions of 5
48" x 86" editions of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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