Slim Aarons Art
American, 1916-2006
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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Period: 1950s
Artist: Slim Aarons
Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees,
San Diego, California, October ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Carlton Hotel 1958
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Carlton Hotel
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Westin Excelsior (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice,
1957.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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"New England Skiing" by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
"New England Skiing" by Slim Aarons
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40" x 40'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 195...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy,
1962.
Additional Informati...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Julie London (1957) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Julie London (1957) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel,
circa ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Joan Collins Relaxes (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Joan Collins Relaxes (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink b...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Marsha Gayle (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoys a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros,
Bah...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'The Marlboroughs' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Marlboroughs' 1957 by Slim Aarons
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 – 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Bl...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Eton vs Harrow' Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eton Vs Harrow (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - NY Apartments 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - NY Apartments - Oversize
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white architecture skyscraper skyscrapers new york...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Don Giovanni (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Don Giovanni (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Don Giovanni, the son of Prince Aldobrandini rides his favourite Shetland pon...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'New England Skiing' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Inst...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Diners at an outdoor restaurant,
San Diego, California, October 1956.
Additional Information:
Unfram...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Pink Accessory (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pink Accessory (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Spectators At Lord’s' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Spectators At Lord’s' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Spectators at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
P...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Essentials 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Essentials
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
In Capri (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
In Capri (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Robert Hornstein, the artist Novella Parigini and Prince Dado Ruspoli on Capr...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain,
New Hampshire, circa 1955.
Addition...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pool Party
1951
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Pr...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Oversize - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Hotel' by Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Edition Print.
Numbered in ink to 150 only on front and emboss stamped on front.
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Beautiful classic cars parked outside the iconic Hotel, surrounded by giant palm trees, bathed in s soft glow light, this is a true Slim Classic!
Typically 'Slim' this photograph epitomises elegant travel and the vintage style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons.
In his words, he photographed 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'.
An exquisite LIMITED Edition Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print.
Gorgeous print measuring an Oversize 40 x 40 inches / ca 102 x 102 cm's.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
Archival Pigment Print.
Archive stamped & numbered
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1950s 1950 cars classic palm trees luxury hotel sun sunshine holiday California Marilyn Monroe vintage...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Safari Party at Romanoff's' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a fancy dress party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1950.
Slim Aarons
Safari Party at Romanoff's, 1950
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stampe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portofino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951.
This is an est...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run, circa 1960. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons.
Skiin...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Fox Hunt' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hunt followers on horseback among a pack of dogs during a fox hunt, Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Fox Hunt
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and h...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons print
Printed Later 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only or...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pool At Lake Tahoe - Oversize C print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Chromogenic print
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Please note...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice.
Th...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Idyll
1955
C-print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A couple sunbath by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 19...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis.
Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience.
"Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention.
"I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Police Patrolman
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills police patrolman Lee R. Hathaway leaning on the roof of his car to write a report, Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 1952
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" in...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Palm beach street - estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street by Slim Aarons
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
How typically 'Slim style' this photograph is. Beautiful and iconic 1950's c...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Poolside Reflections
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
This photograph ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Patsy Pulitzer 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Patsy Pulitzer
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hote...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Long Bay Beach (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Long Bay Beach
1958 (printed later)
Fiber print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Anne Bindon of Paget East paddli...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Kennedy and Friends' Midcentury Modern Photography - Flight
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. 1953
Kennedy and Friends
1953
Fiber print
Estate signature stamped and ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, relaxing in a F...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, relaxing in a F...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Sun Worship (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sun Worship
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac colour...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II'
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of the Piazza ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Cannon Drive 1952
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Cannon Drive
Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Taylor, Todd And Family
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons Lake Tahoe Couple (Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Poolside)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Relaxing at Lake Tahoe
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
48x48 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Additional sizes offered:
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Internal tags: Lake Tahoe; Slim Aarons; architecture poolside, mountain, pool and sky; mid-century modern; vintage glamour, vintage tahoe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
' Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ' (SLIM AARONS Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
' Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ' Milan, 1960 by Slim Aarons.
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on th...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - John Rawlings 1950 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - John Rawlings - Oversize
1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
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Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons art, so small editions measuring 30 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Pico Garcez. Slim Aarons art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,230, while the average work can sell for $3,950.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. 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 selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he 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. 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. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.