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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: 20th Century
Period: 1970s
Period: 1960s
Artist: Slim Aarons
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Marbella Club Bather, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A guest takes a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain, 1976. Aarons never used a stylist, or a makeup artist. Natural sun lights the c...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate edition - Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Beautiful 1950's cars parked outside the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estat...
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'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian te...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie 1971 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Boucherie A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Sl...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Lady Hamilton 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lady Hamilton Lady Hamilton rests in the shade of a tree, in the company of a Kenyan tribe. Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm Estate Stamped ...
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'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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Great Harbour Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shippin...
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Slim Aarons, Hello There, 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 - 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed Slim Aarons Hello There, 1955 Lambda Print 4 sizes ...
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Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
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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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'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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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estat...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. (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 beach...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced util...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer 1981
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
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Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) in a characteristic pose with his trademark walking-stick in vibrant purple dress. In the background, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix, with white and sepia-toned curtains and classic photographs on display. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Salvador Dali: Take It, 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Salvador...
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Jhelum River, Jammu and Kashmir, India (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the 'HB Cutty Sark'. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. U...
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Out Islands
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sailing boats in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, April 1964. 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 12 x 16 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to...
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'Lake Tahoe Canoes' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Canoes' by Slim Aarons Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Three young woman are pictured in their red, turquoise and white coloured canoes on ...
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'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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'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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Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, 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 couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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'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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Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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'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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'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the...
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'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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'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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'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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No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
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Skiing Waiter, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress 1955 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ursula Andress 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock, in Rome, Italy, circa 1955. Produced from the original trans...
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'C. Z. Guest' 1955 Palm Beach Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her o...
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'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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SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
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'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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'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. This photograph epitomises the travel style and gla...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Cranmore Mountain
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ice-skating by Cranmore Mountain, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. Produced from the original transparency Certifi...
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Slim Aarons - Mara Lane 1954 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing cos...
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North Conway, New Hampshire, 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 holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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'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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'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons) C Print ...
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'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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You Look Wonderful: Ski Champion Max Rieger & writer Meg O'Neil. Caucasus, Gudari
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1990: Alpine ski champion Max Rieger on the balcony of a villa in Gudari, in the Caucasus mountains,Georgia. With him is Meg O'Neil dressed in ski suit designed by Bogner and wearing with it an Aeroflot flight cap...
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'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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'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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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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'Tina Onassis' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tina Onassis' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize 1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowne...
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Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aaron...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering - Oversize Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Vil...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Sugarbush Skiing 1960
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Skiing Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. Paper size 10 x 12" inches / 25 x 30 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Slim Aarons Cortina D'Ampezzo (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. Slim Aarons Cortina D'Ampezzo Estate Edition Purchaser will get the next number in the ed...
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'Princess Ruspoli' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Princess Ruspoli' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversized Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech ...
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Coming Ashore -Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Coming Ashore A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. Augu...
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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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'Bahamian Hotel' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamian Hotel' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. (Photo by Slim Aarons) C Print Produced ...
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'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach...
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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.
Questions About Slim Aarons Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Slim 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, 2025
    The 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.

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