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, he opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. Aarons 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, he 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 Aarons 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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Charter Ketch Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Sixty eight foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Ice Bar In Lech Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ice Bar In Lech
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Minnie Cushing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Minnie Cushing
1965
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965.
unframed
c type pr...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Mara Lane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane
1954
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing co...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Molly Wilmot’s Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Molly Wilmot’s Pool
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The swimming pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982.
unframed
c type print...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nassau Beach Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Porto Ercole Boats Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Boats
1991
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 × 16 inches - paper si...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Blue Seas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blue Seas
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers’ yachts find a quiet haven off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica, August 1984.
unframed
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Caracalla Therme Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caracalla Therme
1990
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990.
unframed
c type print
printed...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cavallo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cavallo
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers’ yachts find a quiet haven off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica.
unframed
c type print
p...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Conca dei Marini Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
unframed
c type print
printed ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cotton Bay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cotton Bay
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The Campbells’ pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982.
unframed
c type print
prin...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Curling At St. Moritz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Curling At St. Moritz
1963
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963
unframed
c type print
prin...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Spear Fishing In San Diego Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Hotel Sports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Chez Holder Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970.
unframed
c type print
pri...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Guests At Villa Nirvana Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At Villa Nirvana
1978
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978
unframed...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool In Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool In Palm Beach
1985
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bathers in and around the pool at Mrs. Murray Goodman’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985.
unfra...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Eden Rock Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden Rock
1973
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Bar...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Luncheon Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Luncheon
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests enjoying luncheon in a marquee by the pool at Mrs Reed Albee’s house, Palm Beach, Florida, April 19...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Belvedere Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Belvedere Pool
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16 ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cannes Watersports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Yachting Trip Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Yachting Trip
1967
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Neo-Classical Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool
1985
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole
1980
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
24 x 20" - paper size...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiers In Gstaad Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers In Gstaad
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
24 x 20" - paper size
Limi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiers At Sugarbush Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Sugarbush
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960.
unframed
c type print
printed ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Relaxing At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Relaxing At Lake Tahoe
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
unframed
c type
printed 2023...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Keep Your Cool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool
1978
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cavallo Coast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cavallo Coast
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
August 1984: A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica.
unframed
c t...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Flamingos In Flight Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Flamingos In Flight
1979
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Flamingos in flight, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, January 1979.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Italian Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Italian Holiday
1969
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento, holidays with family and friends on a luxury yacht in Porto Ercole, Tusc...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Marina Piccola Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola
1954
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 × 16 inch...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Mazatlan Seaside Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mazatlan Seaside
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers at a seaside pool at Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monte Carlo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A man and a woman on jet skis off the coast of Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1956
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nassau Sailing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Sailing
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 inches ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool On Amalfi Coast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool On Amalfi Coast
1984
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
unframed
c type pr...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ships That Pass Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ships That Pass
1969
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A motorboat and a yacht pass on the open sea, August 1969.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
24 x 20" - p...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nice Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool
1955
by Slim Aarons
(printed 2023)
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Doug...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive
1967
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Swimming Pool On The Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming Pool On The Beach
1981
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The pool at the Meridian Club, owned by Ginny and Bill Cowles, on the Turks and Caicos islands, M...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Surfing Brothers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Surfing Brothers
1980
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey’s Beach (the Spoutin...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Caracalla Therme Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caracalla Therme
1990
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990.
unframed
c type print
printed...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Harbour Isle Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Isle Beach
1973
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973.
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cotton Bay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Campbells' pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982.
20 x 24 inches
$2500
16 x 20 inches
$2150
12 x 16 inches
$1800
10 x 12 inches
$1350
Complim...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Nassau Beach Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside the United States.
30 x 30 inches
$3350
24 x 24 i...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only).
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
France
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
6...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons : Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's.
Esta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Nice Pool, Estate Edition (American Writer C. Z. Guest at Villa Artemis)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of American writer C.Z. Guest, her son Alexander, and their two loyal canine companions, all framed against the breathtaking backdrop of their ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach.
The heart of the photograph is the radiant turquoise pool, reflecting the Grecian temple's regal columns in its rippling mirror surface. Adorned in crisp white, C.Z. Guest exudes a timeless elegance, perfectly complemented by her son's black swimsuit. A journey beyond the Neoclassical temple's white marble steps...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Verbier Skier
1964
C print
Estate edition of 150
A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Underwater Drink (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of a...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Lambda
Verbier Skier (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) w...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
20 x 24 inches
$2500
10 x 12 inches
$1350
Complimentary dealer shipping ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
Visual Description: A skiier crests a snow-covered mountain in Sugarbush, Vermont, in 1960.
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Sugarbush Skiing
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
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.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Internal: Vintage Sugarbush, Vintage Ski Photography...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Pantz Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Laura Hawk, assistant to the Slim Aarons, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz's Marbella home, September 1st, 1985.
Slim Aarons
Marbella Pool
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
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: Mid-Century Vintage Marbella...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967
Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Palermo Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rich, vibrant Slim Aarons Estate Edition photograph depicts a swimming pool at the glamorous Villa Igiea, in the Sicilian cultural, economic and tourism capital of Palermo, on the Tyrrhenian coastline, in 1975. A storied destination for artists, Hollywood elite, and assorted royalty, the Villa Igiea is a symbol of vintage Sicilian elegance and grandeur.
This iconic image vividly captures a shimmering swimming pool and sun-kissed stone and gardens, beside boats navigating the sparkling turquoise waters of Palermo. Adding to the image's depth and allure are the geological formations subtly visible beneath the sea's surface. This midcentury masterpiece offers a unique glimpse into Aarons' ability to blend nature and lifestyle in his photography.
Former description from the Slim Aarons archive: Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of a swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975.
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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