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
Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Fishing nets and boats on the shore
Mexico, 1952.
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Pri...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
French Stately Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at the...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (1960) Limited Edition Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Gloria Schiff (1963) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff (1963) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Gstaad Station (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gstaad Station (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Travellers with their skis waiting at Gstaad Station,
1961.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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High Society Cricket (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
High Society Cricket (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Spectators at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground,
L...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc (1976) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc (1976) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests standing by a white Rolls-Royce convertible courtesy car at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes,...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Ursula Andress (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ursula Andress (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock, in Rome,
Italy, circa 1955.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Kennedy And Friends (1953) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kennedy And Friends (1953) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport,
Jama...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Canoes (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Canoes (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe,
1959.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lake Tahoe Couple (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Couple (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks t...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Trip (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe,
1959.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Leisure And Fashion (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach,
Florida, 1961.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Lord Of All I Survey (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lord Of All I Survey (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesk...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Mara Lane (1954) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane (1954) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing co...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Merle Oberon (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrial...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The duomo or cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo,
Milan, 1960.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Pussyfooting (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pussyfooting (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Actress Dee Hartford, the wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot – a mixture of Jamaican fruit ju...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Great Harbour Cay Marina
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at a marina on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Official Limited Estate Edition Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool'
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Relaxing at Lake Tahoe - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Relaxing At Lake Tahoe
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Step into the big Blue with this sumptuous scene of people relaxing on a hot summer's day around the swimming pool, with lilos and parasols, overlooking Lake Tahoe in California. A classic 'Slim...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Caribe Hilton Beach (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caribe Hilton Beach, 1956
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puert...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Alice Topping, 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 Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stam...
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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 - 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 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
'Caracalla Therme' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Caracalla Therme'
A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Nicholsons (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nicholsons (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cafe Nicholson in New York,
1959.
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Unframed
Paper Size: 30x30''
Printed Later
Limited...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Sugarbush Skiing, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
This is an...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Police Patrolman (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Police Patrolman (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Beverly Hills police patrolman Lee R. Hathaway leaning on the roof of his car to write a report, Bedford Dr...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
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
Slim Aarons, Blonde Beauties (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Blonde Beauties, 1966 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959.
The hotel was the first to built ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Three skiers in New Hampshire, 1955.
A sign near them lists the local slopes and trails.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
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Paper Size: 20x20''...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Tennis In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957.
Behind the...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Oz Tennis Stars (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars (1956) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Palm Beach (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The pool at the Colony Hotel,
Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955.
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Paper Size: 16x...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Peter Viertel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peter Viertel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 – 2007) with his surfboard on the bea...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Linda Christian (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Linda Christian (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Mexican actress Linda Christian poses at the Canzone del Mare on the Picola Marina on the island of Capri,...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego,
Calif...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
San Diego Museum Of Art (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Museum Of Art (1956) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A woman at the entrance to the San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, Octobe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Skiing Princess - Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Princess - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Princess Luciana Pignatelli on a skiing holiday in Lech,
Austria.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Skiing Waiters (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waiters (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Snow Round The Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snow Round The Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado,
March 1964.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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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 - Man Ray
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Man Ray
American surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray (1890 – 1976) with some examples of his work at his Left Bank studio in Paris, April 1956
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Lounging In Verbier Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Verbier
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Couple'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California.
Estate stamped and hand numbere...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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.
Slim Aarons
Lilly ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Jack And GeeGee Entz' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jack And GeeGee Entz' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Desert House Party, Estate Edition From the Poolside Series, Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover this stunning photograph from Slim Aarons sought-after Palm Springs 'Poolside' series. 'Desert House Party' encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour, captured with vibrant color palette of bold yellow, crisp white, and vibrant turquoise, synonymous with the classic Palm Beach aesthetic.
This coveted photograph, taken in 1970, presents an intimate glimpse into a poolside party at a desert house, a Palm Springs masterpiece by famed architect Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. This is not just a photograph, but an entry into the world of luxury, architecture, and the golden era of Palm Springs.
Highlighted in the image are industrial designer Raymond Loewy, known for his unparalleled design philosophy, central and standing, and Nelda Linsk, elegantly dressed in a radiant yellow, an iconic cultural patron and the wife of prominent art dealer Joseph Linsk. Also captured in the frame is Helen Dzo Dzo, the former fashion model, gracefully adorned in white lace, adding a touch of timeless elegance to the vibrant gathering.
The photograph artistically integrates the natural beauty of the Palm Springs landscape...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
This 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features students from Sto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'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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Silver Gelatin
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 (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, 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 family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour At The Kaufmann Desert House In Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13" x 20 1/8"
Frame Sz: 14 1/4" x 21 3/8"
In gilt bamboo frame w/ UV glass
Original double color plate from "A Wonderful Time" published 1974
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1970s Slim Aarons Art
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Paper
Slim Aarons Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955
C-print
30 x 30 inches
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photograp...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
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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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.