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Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern
Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

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C Print

Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'
Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'

Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1960s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography
Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography
Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography

Slim Aarons 'Palm Springs Party' Midcentury Modern Photography

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Palm Springs Party 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is syno...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Palm Springs Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons, Palm Springs Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons, Palm Springs Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1960s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Desert House Party, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern
Desert House Party, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern

Desert House Party, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

'Desert House Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
'Desert House Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Print)

'Desert House Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Print)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Desert House Party, 1970, Slim Aarons Midcentury Modern Estate Edition Print
Desert House Party, 1970, Slim Aarons Midcentury Modern Estate Edition Print

Desert House Party, 1970, Slim Aarons Midcentury Modern Estate Edition Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...

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1970s Modern Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Desert House Party, Estate Edition From the Poolside Series, Palm Springs
Desert House Party, Estate Edition From the Poolside Series, Palm Springs

Desert House Party, Estate Edition From the Poolside Series, Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This coveted photograph, taken in 1970, presents an intimate glimpse into a poolside party at a desert house, a Palm Springs masterpiece by famed architect Richard Neutra for Edgar J.

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Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party, Estate Edition
Poolside Party, Estate Edition

Poolside Party, Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party, Estate Edition
Poolside Party, Estate Edition

Poolside Party, Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

Category

1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party, Estate Edition
Poolside Party, Estate Edition

Poolside Party, Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

Category

1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party, Estate Edition
Poolside Party, Estate Edition

Poolside Party, Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party Estate Edition
Poolside Party Estate Edition

Poolside Party Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

Category

1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Poolside Party'
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Poolside Party'

Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Poolside Party'

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Pr...

Category

1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra
Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra

Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra

By Gucci

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Schwartz and Sinatra were neighbors at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage and golfed together, spent evenings at Melvyn’s Restaurant, Palm Springs, attended weekly dinner parti...

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1970s Italian Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Leather

Slim Aarons, Poolside Party. Kaufmann house R. Neutra Palm Springs January 1970
Slim Aarons, Poolside Party. Kaufmann house R. Neutra Palm Springs January 1970

Slim Aarons, Poolside Party. Kaufmann house R. Neutra Palm Springs January 1970

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/G...

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1970s Contemporary Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

C Print

Scaasi for Martha Spring Summer Sleeveless White Lace Party Dress Size 10
Scaasi for Martha Spring Summer Sleeveless White Lace Party Dress Size 10

Scaasi for Martha Spring Summer Sleeveless White Lace Party Dress Size 10

By Arnold Scaasi, Scaasi Boutique

Located in Palm Desert, CA

Purchased at the Martha boutique in Palm Beach. This beauty has been stored in a closet of a Palm Springs fashionista and never worn.

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1990s American Retro Palm Springs Party

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Palm Springs Party Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Late...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition. From the Poolside Series
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition. From the Poolside Series

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition. From the Poolside Series

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Jos...

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1970s Realist Retro Palm Springs Party

Materials

Lambda

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Retro Palm Springs Party For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate retro palm springs party for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Contemporary versions now, or shop for Contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking for a retro palm springs party from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right retro palm springs party for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray and black. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in c print, digital print and lambda print.

How Much is a Retro Palm Springs Party?

The average selling price for a retro palm springs party we offer is $3,950, while they’re typically $1,320 on the low end and $4,900 for the highest priced.

Slim Aarons for sale on 1stDibs

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.

Find a collection of vintage Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Color-photography for You

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.

Questions About Slim Aarons
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 20, 2024
    Slim Aarons's real name was George Allen Aarons, and his nickname came from the fact that he was tall and slender. An American photographer, Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty and Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. 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. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.