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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Artist: Slim Aarons
Freeport Yachts
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts in a marina in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
10 x 12 inches
$1350
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Saint-Tropez Seafront Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Seafront
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A young girl stands with three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer as they take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Fl...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Babe Paley - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Jackie K Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jackie K
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘A...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Holiday In Mustique Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holiday In Mustique
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
State Line Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
State Line
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, USA, circa 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Saint Kitts and Nevis Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, March 1984.
unfra...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'By The Pool In Acapulco' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'By The Pool In Acapulco' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A tanned man surrounded by young women in bikinis by the pool at Warren Avis'...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
Slim Aarons - Bermuda View - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s
Es...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Desert House Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Desert House Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 19...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Conca dei Marini' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Conca dei Marini' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
Produced from the original transparency
Cer...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'S...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
'Leisure In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Leisure In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes o...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aaro...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
'Let's Dance' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Mustique Tranquility' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Mustique Tranquility' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Meg O'Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the i...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - The Fullers 1970 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - The Fullers - Oversize
Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D'Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estat...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of a...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticit...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tania Mallet
1960, Printed Later
C print
20 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Caption: Actress Tania Mall...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. (Photo by ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Poolside Friendship' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Friendship' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Let's Twirl' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Let's Twirl' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beverly Hills pa...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Gordon Butler's Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the O...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
'Lake Tahoe Ladies' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Ladies' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. (Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Italian Hotelier' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Italian Hotelier' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Proprietor Andre Sella outside the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
Produced ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Black and White Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 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 music musician dining restaurant 1940 40s...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
'Hotel Du Cap' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
Produced from the original transpare...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Two-Tone Dress - Oversize
A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the waist, San Diego, Cali...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie 1971 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie - Oversize
A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
(Photo by Sli...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Harvey Firestone, Jr.'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Harvey Firestone, Jr.
1950's (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Married couple Harvey Firestone, Jr. and...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Yachting Trip 1967 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Yachting Trip - Oversize
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967.
(Photo by Slim A...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Hotel - Oversize
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Monocled Miss, Estate Edition (German model Renata Boeck in 1960s New York)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German fashion model Renata Boeck (wearing a monocle) enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. She is wearing a black monocle and a fur-lined turquoise robe as she reads the morning paper, propped up against sumptuous yellow pillows. Morning light pours through the sheer curtains...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white sno...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Helen Dzo Dzo is seen in the centre wearing a white crochet outfit...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
The King of Jazz: Louis Armstrong in Rome (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
The Ki...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Slim Aarons EstateEdition - Dolores Del Rio
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 – 1983) swimming in Acapulco, Mexico, 1952.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inches / ca 51 x 51 cm’s paper ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956.
The elegant pair dressed in tennis whites, save for the striped shirt of the young lady, enjoy a game of tennis, in the heat of the Californian sunshine...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Hotel Camino Real - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Poolside In Kenya' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Kenya' by Slim Aarons
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealt...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A surfer carrying his board at a Rhode Island beach, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered an...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Fan Mail 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Fan Mail - Oversize
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Aspha...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Positano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Positano Beach
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Gorgeous print measu...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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
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
Slim Aarons, Excelsior Gala
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A gala at the Excelsior Hotel in Venice, 1957.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mai...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite, C. Z. Guest, ( aka Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with her personalized Ford Model T t...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Eva Gabor (1950) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eva Gabor (1950) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Hungarian actress Eva Gabor (1920 – 1995) in Montego Bay,
Jamaica, circa 1954....
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons art for sale on 1stDibs.
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.