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Slim Aarons Art

American, 1916-2006

American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.

Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.

Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.

In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.

In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.

Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.

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Artist: Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Anchorage Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A view of the Anchorage Hotel on Dickenson Bay, Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Built by a Scottish couple, formerly resident in Africa, the hotel complex features Zulu-style cotta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, On The Slopes Of Sugarbush (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Verm...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Cortina D'Ampezzo (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers walking up Cortina D'Ampezzo in Italy, 1962. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) work...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Faraglioni Rocks, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks, Capri, 1974, Printed Later Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke, 1980 Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 16x20” / 41 x 51 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Surfing Brothers (estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's. Esta...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Dolores Del Rio
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 - 1983, right) poses with a friend in Acapulco, Mexico, 1952 Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size. Est...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Street (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. C print 12 x 10 inches Framed Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticit...
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1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Bermudan Hostess
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Thaibok slacks and shirt for a ride in an open carriage, Be...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 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 Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Poolside In Kenya' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Kenya A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76 x 51 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Skiing At Courchevel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing At Courchevel 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Skiers on the slopes at Courchevel, France, 1963. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons At The Von Pantzs
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside At The Von Pantzs, 1967 Chromogenic Lambda Print 30 x 40 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Bathers by th...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. The property is owned by Doris Molliel, who ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Poolside Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann Desert House, 1970. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A poolside party...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Nicely Coiffed, France, Estate Edition, Cityscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poodle entering a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France. This is an estate sta...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Sotogrande' : Mid-Century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside in Sotogrande 1975 C print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Ice Hockey (Aaron Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people play an improvised game of ice hockey in Gstaad, 1992. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Scotti's Yacht
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti's yacht, 'Scotland Cay', Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Carmen Alv...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Monaco Grand Prix (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Racing driver Jackie Stewart makes a television broadcast at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977. Behind him is John Watson's 'Martini' race car. ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Catherine Wilke, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim A...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Bermuda View
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Ski ‘bum’ Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run,...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 Chromogenic Lambda print Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Nancy Borland (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Borland 1976 (printed later) Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Mrs. William (Nancy) Borland, daughter of Pebble Beach developer Samuel...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

NEW Slim Aarons 'Lilly Pulitzer Palm Beach Shop' Mid-century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Shoppers at the front entrance of the Lilly Pulitzer boutique on Via Mizner, Palm Beach, Florida, 1968. Slim Aarons Lilly Pulitzer And Florence 'Flo' Pritchett Smith 1968 C-Print E...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Antibes' Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper siz...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Il Pellicano Pool - Mediterranean Scenery Italian Coastline Tuscany Porto Ercole
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Il Pellicano Pool - Mediterranean Scenery Italian Coastline Tuscany Porto Ercole by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Poolside Service, Lyford Cay Club, Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Service, Lake Tahoe, 1962 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

'Villa Vera Acapulco' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968 This was printed later. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authentici...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Laguna Beach Surfers' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Surfers outside a b...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Poolside Socialites, 1970 - Poolside Glamour at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Socialites, 1970 - Poolside Glamour at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 15...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski 1963 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. Estate stamped ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Swimmer and Sunbather (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Cranmore, Slopes and Trails'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cranmore Slopes and Trails 1955 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, 1955. Estate stamped and h...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Architecture Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Architecture Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Portofino Villa'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Portofino Villa 1977 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Po...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Eden Hartford - Model Posing for Breakfast in Bed with Pet Toy Poodle
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eden Hartford - Model Posing for Breakfast in Bed with Pet Toy Poodle 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Eden Hartford is a beau...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White

Slim Aarons 'Cortina d'Ampezzo' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Cortina d'Ampezzo 1982 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A rest from skiing at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Mar...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Monocled Miss (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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. S...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. 16x16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Anguilla Beach Resort'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Anguilla Beach Resort 1992 C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Holidaymakers on the mile-long crescent beach at the Hotel Cap Jaluca resort, Anguilla, Leeward Islands...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons King of Jazz 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'The Fullers'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL Estate stamped and hand numbered ...
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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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Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estat...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

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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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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Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Hang Gliding'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hang gliding in Kitzbuhel, Austria,1980. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly fo...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Monocled Miss (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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. S...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Les Sophores, Saint-Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Les Sophores, Saint-Tropez, 1977 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Janine Bril in the garden...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Faraglioni Rocks, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks, Capri, 1974 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Faraglioni Rock...
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Slim Aarons Catch Up By the Pool (Aarons Estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up By The Pool, 1970 ( Outtake from the sold out Poolside Gossip Series) C print Estate editon of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A desert house in Palm ...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Marbella Backgammon 1970 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A group of people playing backgammon...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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'George Hamilton' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton' American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Gloria Schiff And Consuelo Crespi' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Gloria Schiff And Consuelo Crespi' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Pilar Crespi and her sister, Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (1928-2010) in Costa Smeralda, Sardi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons art, so small editions measuring 30 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Pico Garcez. Slim Aarons art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,230, while the average work can sell for $3,950.
Questions About Slim Aarons Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.

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