Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Tennis'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An Aston Martin DB6 sports car driving past the tennis courts at Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole
1970s Modern Color Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Tennis'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An Aston Martin DB6 sports car driving past the tennis courts at Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Tennis'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
tennis courts at Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Slim Aarons (1916-2006
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Pool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Pool 1986 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Pool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Pool 1986 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Il Pellicano 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Il Pellicano 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,200
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Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Beach' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, August 1973. Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Beach 1973 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and
C Print
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1980. Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Hotel 1980 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand
C Print
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. Slim Aarons Il
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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 60 x 40 inches
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H 20 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60
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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60
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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 60 x 40 inches
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Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60
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H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, August 1973. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto Ecole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, August 1973. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto Ecole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany
C Print
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography - Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August
C Print
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Hotel' Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach' A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach' A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto
Archival Pigment
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H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1991 Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition
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H 40 in W 60 in
Il Pellicano Hotel, Poolside Porto Ercole, Italy. Red, Blue, Turquoise
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel, Porto Ecole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy
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Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole, Italy (Red, Blue, Turquoise, Green)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. In the lower left, lush green foliage overhangs the beach. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto
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Il Pellicano Beach, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, August 1973. Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Beach 1973 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and
C Print
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Il Pellicano Pool, Estate Edition, Seascape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aarons Il Pellicano Pool, 1969 Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel Il Pellicano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Il Pellicano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Il Pellicano 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Il Pellicano Pool, Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Hotel Il Pellicano 1986 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered
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Slim Aarons 'View From Il Pellicano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons 'View From Il Pellicano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
Slim Aarons 'View From Il Pellicano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$2,500
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,200
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the coast of Porto Ercole, Italy, in July 1991. The image was taken from Hotel Il Pellicano. Slim
C Print
$3,600
H 24 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the coast of Porto Ercole, Italy, in July 1991. The image was taken from Hotel Il Pellicano. Slim
C Print
$3,600
H 24 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the coast of Porto Ercole, Italy, in July 1991. The image was taken from Hotel Il Pellicano. Slim
C Print
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,200
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,200
H 30 in W 25 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,900
H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,900
H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
$4,900
H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Il Pellicano Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. Gorgeous print
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Il Pellicano Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, 1987
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Il Pellicano Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. Gorgeous print
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Il Pellicano Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Hotel 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers relax
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Hotel Il Pellicano Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The beachside pool at
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
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
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Il Pellicano Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A jetty juts out from
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Il Pellicano Tennis Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Tennis 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition An Aston Martin DB6
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The beachside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in D 0.1 in
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at
Archival Pigment
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H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, Coming Ashore. Il Pellicano Hotel Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) This photograph is
C Print
Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, August 1973. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto Ecole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy
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H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A jetty juts out from the rocky
C Print, Color
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H 24 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 30 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 72 in W 48 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
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H 30 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, August 1973. Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy Chromogenic Lambda
Lambda
$222
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.99 in
Pocket Gooseberry (Hairy) 2, Orig. Oil Painting, Still Life, Gooseberry, Frui
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Green Gooseberry (Hairy) 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to b...
Canvas, Oil
$4,400
H 48 in W 64 in D 0.03 in
Seascape I - large format photograph of blue tone horizon and sea
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph capturing the soothing tones of nature's calming blue hour color palette Seascape I by Frank Schott 48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 162cm signed edition of 7 30 x ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$1,600
H 16 in W 22.88 in
Untitled (One Cent Life) /// Joan Mitchell Female Artist Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled" (Page 92-93) Portfolio: One Cent Life *Unsigned edition Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph on wove paper Limited edi...
Lithograph
$7,150 / item
H 22.05 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Egg Designs Brutalist Teal Ceramic & Verdigris Copper Side Table
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Egg Designs’ Boogie Nights side table (2021) is a sculptural, Brutalist-inspired accent piece handcrafted with artistic precision. The top is composed of individually glazed teal-gre...
Copper, Steel
'Floatation' Japanese Paper Suspension Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
'Floatation' Japanese paper suspension lamp for Ingo Maurer. Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imagination, cre...
Metal, Iron
'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. ...
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California. This is an estate-st...
Lambda
$3,750 / item
H 36 in Dm 32.5 in
Glossy Cream Ceramic Lola Chandelier in Antique Brass 3-Arm 32.5" DIA
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Three antique brass patina arms curve up from a ceramic cluster dish to three tall stoneware ceramic shades in a glossy glaze with a subtle off-white hue. With a fixed black walnut o...
Brass
$290Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in W 2.56 in D 4.14 in
Set of 6 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Murano Glass
$72,598
H 16.54 in W 11.82 in
Dante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1952 Original watercolor Signed in lower center Dated 1952 On vellum lined on thin board 42 x 30 cm (c. 17 x 12in) REFERENCES : Th...
Ink, Watercolor
$16,800 / set
H 36 in W 40 in D 30 in
Forsyth Bespoke Eero Saarinen Womb Chair and Ottoman in Shearling
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Lead Time: Please allow 10 to 12 weeks to restore a vintage Womb Chair and Ottoman in Shearling. "Eero Saarinen designed the groundbreaking Womb chair at Florence Knoll's request ...
Sheepskin
$4,147 / item
H 19.69 in W 55.12 in D 19.69 in
Handmade Velvet Fringes Bench by Munna Design Studio, Modern Style
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The handmade bench draws on the signature fashion theme, ruffling the scene and inviting guests with its fun and flirtatious feel. Featuring three layers of fringes that run along th...
Silk, Velvet, Wood, Trimming
Tania Mallet in the Bahamas (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
Lambda
LOVE FS II.311
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on Rives BFK paper. From the Love Portfolio. Hand signed and numbered lower front by Andy Warhol. Numbered 12/100 (there were also 10 AP's, 2 PP's, 5 EP's and 7 HC's). ...
Board, Screen
$2,200
H 27 in W 40 in
Seascape XVIII - large format photograph of monochrome water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes Seascape ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
English Chippendale Mahogany Needlepoint Sofa, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany sofa with serpentine back, flanking scrolled arms, floral needlepoint upholstery, and terminating on carved floral legs with connecting stretchers. Late ...
Upholstery, Mahogany
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.
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.