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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Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' - Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool'
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970.
Paper size 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953.
photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
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Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woma...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a large oversize 40 x 30" inches /...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Pantz Pool 1985 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pantz Pool'
Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz' Marbella home, September 1985.
Paper Size very large 72 x 48" inches / 18...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chalet Costi
Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968.
60x60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Poolside Bar
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests at a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980
Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stampe...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (191...
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Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Anne Anka
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anne Anka
Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Alicia, Anthea, Alexandra and Amanda, November 1976
Gorg...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, ...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - All Aboard
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Having A Topping Time - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by S...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Skiers At Verbier - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
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Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
30 x 30” / 76 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
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'Monte Carlo' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo'
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Pri...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a midcentury chalet with a view at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont i...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons 'Checkered Flag' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag'
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Esta...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Nicely Coiffed, France, Estate Edition, Cityscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poodle entering a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France.
This is an estate sta...
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Slim Aarons 'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Equestrian Entrance'
1957 Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy.
Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino
1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Printed Later
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 c...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Vacation'
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sli...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann
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.
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.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
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Poolside Party...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition, apres-ski in Switzerland
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
This is an est...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool By The Sea - Oversize 1969
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
72 x 48" inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 - 1975) in the office aboard his y...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Desert House Party 1970 Official Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party, 1970
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial d...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Lilly Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, 1964.
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Lilly ...
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'Bikini Girls' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bikini Girls'
Two women in matching bikini and shoes outfits, Monte Carlo, 1975.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
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.
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: Slim Aarons, Esther Williams, midcentury modern, Vintage Esther Williams, Vintage Poolside Series, Vintage Movie Stars, Vintage Swimmers...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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'Las Vegas Luxury' 1954 Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Las Vegas Luxury' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Skiing In Gstaad
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A vapour trail above skiers on a ski slope in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Lech Ice Bar - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 1...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at Roma...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
This is an est...
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Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Paper size 6...
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Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph L...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Gathering
Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Park Avenue
A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City.
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This historic shot of the pool was captured just after the the Fontainebleau's opening in 1954.
Visual Description: Guests enjoying the newly opened turquoise cat-shaped pool at the Fontainebleu Hotel, designed by Morris Lapidus. The deck features sunny, graphic yellow and black umbrellas, as well as red, yellow and blue striped umbrellas and loungers. The cat's tail is a vintage wooden diving board, its ears are stairs, and its nose is a slide. Designed by Morris Lapidus.
Slim Aarons
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed Later
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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: vintage '50s florida, 50's Miami, vintage poolside, vintage swim fashion, vintage slim aarons, Fontainebleau Hotel, vintage Miami beach, Miami architecture...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
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 relaxing luxury glamour 1940s 40s fashion...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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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Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
View From Il Pellicano, 1991
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted w...
Category
1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
Category
1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Skiing At Courchevel, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on the slopes at Courchevel, France, 1963.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Modern estate edit...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Social Call' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1972—Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico.
Social Call
30 x 40 inches
Estate Edition
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
'Governing Couple' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Governing Couple'
November 1971: Nancy Reagan and her husband film star and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (later the 40th President of the USA) in Acapulco, Mexico.
Pape...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Babe Paley
American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William S. Paley, beside the pool at Round Hill, their villa in Ja...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
Category
1950s Surrealist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
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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.