Slim Aarons Art
American, 1916-2006
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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Artist: Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Colorful Crew, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. Bathers in bright pink and red vintage swimwear enjoy the afternoon on t...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital
Pop And Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society'
From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera'
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968.
30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Ph...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Laguna Beach' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Laguna Beach'
A beachside garden in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Society' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jim Kimberly and his wife (far left) and friends with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, Kimberly acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. April 1968. (Slim Aarons / Getty Images)
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Palm Beach Society...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Pellicano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers on the Tuscan coast at the Hotel Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, August 1969
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76.2 x 50.8 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped C...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
This late 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a stand-up fondue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Bowling Green' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bowling Green'
circa 1960: Playing a game of bowls at the Newport Casino. In action Captain Edward L Robertson, right Buddy Bombard a noted America's ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Blue Lagoon' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Blue Lagoon'
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959.
Gorgeous print measuring a Extra Large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm's.
Estate...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
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Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Editio...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Harriet At Mougins, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France, 1957.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocra...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Eden-Roc Pool
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole
1973
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel i...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' Estate Stamped Edition
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.
Gorgeous print measuring an extra large 40 x 30"...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Tiziana in Positano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tiziana Audino
1984 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984.
Estate stamp...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Hepburn And Friends 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On the left film star Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) talks with Mrs Grover Magnin (centre) and another guest at a party in San Francisco, 1953.
The beautiful and fashionable movie star and style icon dressed in her eponymous look; all in black with elegant white gloves joins Mrs Grover Magnin who wears an all white long gown...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Dolores Guinness' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1965: Dolores Guinness catches the sun's last rays in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia.
Slim Aarons
Dolores Guinness
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
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.
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 *
Dolores Guinness (31 July 1936 – 20 January 2012), was a German born "Freiin" (Baroness), socialite, fashion icon and jet set member of the 1950s and 1960s. She has been a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1970. Her mother was the famous Mexican-born socialite Gloria Guinness.
Dolores was often seen in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country and Life magazine dressed in designer clothes from Givenchy, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga during the 1950s and 1960s, photographed by Cecil Beaton, Bert Stern, Henry Clarke, Mark Shaw (photographer), Richard Avedon and William Klein. She often appeared on the International Best Dressed List during these years.
The Costa Smeralda (lit. 'Emerald Coast...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mo...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Giclée
Boy Baron Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boy Baron
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron and 10th Baronet Hesketh, ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974.
20 x 30 inches
$3000
20 x 24 inches
$2500
16 x 20 inches
$2150
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Palm Beach Street' (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Street' by Slim Aarons
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
How typically 'Slim style' this photograph is. Beautiful and iconic 1950's...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 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.
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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Backgammon by the pool...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964.
Verbier View
1963
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authentic...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California.
This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Monocled Miss' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons
Monocled...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'El Venero' Midcentury Modern Architecture
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wa...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Social Call' 1972 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Social Call' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Paper size 40 x ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
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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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests relaxing on the terrace at the villa of Umberto and Pucci Nordio, Portofino
This i...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
$4,968 Sale Price
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La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego.
This is an estate stamp...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Snorkelling' 1954 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Snorkelling' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1954: Two young women going snorkeling. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Lat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 - 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Dougl...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Cannes Watersports at the Carlton' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers waterskiing from the pier of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
Cannes Watersports at the Carlton
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cert...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Hotel Taormina Pool, Sicily
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Chromogenic...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph (Poolside in Antibes)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers enjoy the sun by the pool at the Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, 1978. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Sunbathing On Capri Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing On Capri
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice.
Th...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Experience the timeless allure of the Amalfi Coast with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, "Pool on the Amalfi Coast...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Debutante Ball'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Debutante Ball
1958 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A debutante ball held at the Copley Pl...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
Caleta Beach, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple walking on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
This is an esta...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Hepburn And Friends Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hepburn And Friends
1953
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1953 On the left film star Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) talks with Mrs Grover Magnin (centre) and another...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Laguna Bowls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Bowls
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A game of bowls in progress at Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club in Heisler Park, southern California, circa 1970...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972.
Paper siz...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
This is an estate stamped and hand number...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish actress and singer Carmen Sevilla. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Com...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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 ocean...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
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...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Harriet De Rosiere in Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Harriet De Rosiere in Cannes
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
CAPTION: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cert...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Verbier View - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier View - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964.
40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Eden Rock, Estate Edition, Bay of St. Jean in the Caribbean island of St. Barts
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 1973. The house is now a hotel
Slim Aa...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Treasure Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
10 x 12 inches
$1350
Complimentary dealer sh...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons art, so small editions measuring 30 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Pico Garcez. Slim Aarons art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,230, while the average work can sell for $3,950.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.