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
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers by a swimming pool at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, August 1974.
Slim Aarons
Sunbathing in Capri
Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri, Italy
Chromogenic La...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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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Villa Nirvana, 1972 - Las Brisas Acapulco Mexico Swimming Pool Terrace Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa Nirvana, 1972 - Las Brisas Acapulco Mexico Swimming Pool Terrace Villa by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Vi...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace H...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaro...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Family Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons
Family Pool
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
60 x 60 inches
$5100
48 x 48 inches
$4500
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
16 x 16 inches
$2150
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.
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). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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.
Internal: Slim Aarons Lake Forest, Vintage Poolside Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Vintage Holiday, 60s, vintage Illinois...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Count and Countess (nee Margit Ohlson) Jaime de Mora y Aragon with their dogs at their farm near Marbella...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Jean Serpieri 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the fir...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Esther Williams Estate Ed. Photograph (Swimmer, TV Actress, Olympic Commentator)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 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.
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
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. He's also been credited with inspiring the sun-soaked, escapist style of top Instagram influencers.
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.”
* 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 Hollywood images...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons 'NIce Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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-front estate, V...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 - Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Boutique Palm Beach Shopping
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 - Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Boutique Palm Beach Shopping by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail, 1964
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Estate stamped an...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Marsha Gayle (right) and a friend relax on a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Snow Round the Pool, Vail, Colorado, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964.
Slim Aarons
Snow Round The Pool
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Other sizes available from Undercurrent Projects:
60 x 60 inches
$5100 (giclee)
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
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 *
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Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Vail Photograph, 1960s Photography, Vintage Colorado, Vintage Vail Glamour, Midcentury modern photograph...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Dining al Fresco in Capri'
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 wat...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Sea Drive, Estate Edition, Seascape Photograph with Amphicar in Nassau
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1967—Slim Aarons captures film producer Kevin McClory taking his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an Amphicar across the harbour at Nassau. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Sea Drive
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Three sizes available.
Framing options available, 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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924[1] – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film Thunderball.
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Il Pellicano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Beach, 1973
Chromogenic Lambda print
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 19...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
This is a vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aar...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Polo Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America's foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Bu...
Category
1980s American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Lake Tahoe Trip, Estate Edition Photograph, Red, Green, White Canoes Zephyr Cove
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada. Three young woman are pictured in their red, turquoise and white canoes in the sunshine. Zephyr Cove.
Lake Tahoe Canoes / Lake Tahoe Trip
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed Later
Framing options available
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 *
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada. It’s known for its beaches and ski resorts. On the southwest shore, Emerald Bay State Park contains the 1929 Nordic-style mansion Vikingsholm. Along the lake’s northeast side, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park includes Sand Harbor Beach and Spooner Lake, a gateway to the long-distance Tahoe Rim Trail.
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Jackie K 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jackie K 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘April in Paris’ ball.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a j...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Francine Brandt (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961.
Slim Aarons
Francine Brandt
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping t...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Pool At Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Pool At Las Brisas, 1972
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexi...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe, Two Women
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing in Stowe, Vermont
C print
30 x 30 inches
Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. Behind the two...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970.
Slim Aarons
St Tropez Pool
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Mustique
1973
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Natale Rusconi in Venice
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Natale Rusconi in Venice
1978 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Ciprian...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Lake Tahoe Trip 2 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Lake Tahoe Trip
1959
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Young women canoeing at Zephyr Cove on th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Peggy Guggenheim
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picass...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Christmas Swim
1954 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Haiti Holiday 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Haiti Holiday 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman wearing a translucent white blouse and holding a cocktail stands in a swimming pool in Haiti, February 1981
30 x 20" inches ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Family Snapper, 1959
Premium Collection
Estate Stamped Edition to 150
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Montecatini' Mid-century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Marie-Louise Scio at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, June 1980.
Marie-Louise in Montecatini
1980
C print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ce...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Backgammon...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann, and no...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Santa and Serena Antonelli - Coffee al Fresco Florence Rooftop Landscape Views
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Santa and Serena Antonelli - Coffee al Fresco Florence Rooftop Landscape Views by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Backgammon In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backgammon In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Close-up of a woman playing backgammon in Haiti, in January 1975.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped C...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Sotogrande' : Mid-Century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside in Sotogrande
1975 (printed later)
C print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Caption: Bather...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Poolside In Kenya (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside In Kenya, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Tennis in the Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking.
Slim Aarons worked mainly fo...
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1950s Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Sunbathers in Miami, 1955 - Miami Florida Fontainebleau Hotel Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathers in Miami, 1955 - Miami Florida Fontainebleau Hotel Swimming Pool by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Su...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Snowmass Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A stand-up fondue picnic for skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. The village was opened in 1967.
Estate stamped and hand...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Princess Caroline of Monaco
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco
1981 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the es...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Nirvana' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nirvana' 1967
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Winter Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Winter Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Skiing ...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons, Snowmass Village (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Snowmass Village, 1972
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Zermatt Skiing' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Culinary Heights
1987 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bate...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski Cocktails (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apris Ski, 1968
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
The apres-ski and outdoor cocktails in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Poolside In Kenya 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Kenya 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped C...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Laguna Beach Surfers'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Laguna Beach Surfers
1970
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Three surfers with their boards at...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Polo Match, Argentina
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Polo Match, Argentina, 1990
Chromogenic Lambda print
A polo match in play, Argentina, December 1990.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1972—Charley Weaver makes a poolside phone call under a white fringe umbrella on a cream rotary phone at Las Brisas in Acapulco, Mexico. She wears a yello...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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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, 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.
- 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.