Antigua Beach Club 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Antigua Beach Club 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate ...
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Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Barbados Bliss 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Barbados Bliss 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, 1976 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamp...
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Adriatic Sailors 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adriatic Sailors 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young holidaymakers from Milan enjoy a sail on the Adriatic, 1956. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, July 1970. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate S...
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At The Von Pantzs 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
At The Von Pantzs 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bathers by the pool at El Rincon, the Marbella home of Baron and Baroness von Pantz, Spain, August 1967. 12 x 16" inches / 30 x ...
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Al Fresco Tea 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son, July 1961. 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 c...
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Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of a rocky outcrop on the coast at, Acapulco, Mexico, 1950. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Armando’s Beach Club 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Armando’s Beach Club 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sunbathers at Armando’s Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Apres Ski 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estat...
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Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x...
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Anne Anka 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anne Anka 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Alicia, Anthea, Alexandra...
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Las Brisas 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited...
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Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 5...
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On The Coast Of Brazil 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Coast Of Brazil 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped General view of a jetty and a speedboat beside a residence on the coast of Brazil, in January 1988. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x...
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Olivier Coquelin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Olivier Coquelin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Olivier Coquelin and Lahaina Kameha in Haiti, February 1981. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper si...
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Monte Carlo Beach Club 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Beach Club 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests around the pool at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco, August 1970 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate ...
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Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimmer in the seaside-style pool at architect Jacques Coulle’s home ‘Monte Mano’, on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, August 197...
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Nassau Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Competitors in an assortment of vehicles at the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Mountain Buffet 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mountain Buffet 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of ‘Le Bateau Ivre’, Michel Rochedy (centre) of ‘Le Chabichou’, and Albert Parveaux o...
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Monte Carlo Swimwear 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Swimwear 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman in a cutaway swimsuit in Monte Carlo, August 1970 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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Fishing Boats 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fishing Boats 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young woman by the pool at Monte Mano, the villa of architect Jacques Couelle in Sardinia, August 1973. 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 198 ...
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Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young debutantes in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his white sports car on the shores of Lake Worth, Florida, April...
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Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Est...
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Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators watch from the stand as a contestant rides a bucking horse at the Palm Springs Mounted Police Rodeo, Palm Springs, Ca...
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Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners at an outdoor restaurant, San Diego, California, October 1956. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Poolside Secrets 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Secrets 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size E...
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Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 20 x 20" inches / 51 x ...
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Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper ...
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Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 ...
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Pool In St Tropez 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool In St Tropez 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Poolside Service 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The club building was designed by American architect Eldredge Snyder. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pri...
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Porto Ercole 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Porto Ercole 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 ...
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Porto Ercole Beach 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Beach 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper s...
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Pool In St Tropez 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool In St Tropez 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Pool By The Sea 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Pool At Las Hadas 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Hadas 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests round the pool at Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico, 1974. 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Peter and Britt 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peter and Britt 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sharing a lilo, film stars Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) and his wife Britt Ekland spend their holiday on the Costa Smeralda, circa 1...
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Pink Accessory 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pink Accessory 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle, circa 1955. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper...
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Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners at an outdoor restaurant, San Diego, California, October 1956. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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On The Coast Of Brazil 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Coast Of Brazil 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped General view of a jetty and a speedboat beside a residence on the coast of Brazil, in January 1988. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x ...
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Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators watch from the stand as a contestant rides a bucking horse at the Palm Springs Mounted Police Rodeo, Palm Springs, Ca...
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Pantz Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pantz Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, September 1985 16 x 20" inc...
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Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his white sports car on the shores of Lake Worth, Florida, April...
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Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Party At The Playboy Mansion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party At The Playboy Mansion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 19...
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Pellicano Beach 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pellicano Beach 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boats at a jetty by the beach at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper ...
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Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Est...
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American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.
The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.
Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.
Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.
In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.