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
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, 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
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons
This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
J...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
An Anxious Wait (1951) -Silver Gelatin Fibre Print -Estate Stamped Issue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). 2nd April 1951: American actress, Gloria Swanson, anxiously awaits the results of the Best Actress award at a cafe on West ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Giacomo Montegazza, 1983 - Italian Lakes Photograph Italian Garden Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Giacomo Montegazza, 1983 - Italian Lakes Photograph Italian Garden Photograph by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"G...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Christma...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cricketers on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands and the MCC, Antigua,
West Indies, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool
1976
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
72" x 48" paper size
Photo by Sli...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Ladies (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe,
1959.
Additional Informat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Nice Pool' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool'
60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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
Slim Aarons 'Desert House Party' (Poolside Series, Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, Aarons
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
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Lambda
Portofino
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy's Ligurian coast.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipp...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Christmas Traffic - American Christmas Tree Traffic Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Traffic - American Christmas Tree Traffic at Night with Car Lights by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estat...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and 'Brandy' sporting a sun hat are seated in the swimming pool playing backgammon in the heat of the Mexican sun.
Typically 'Slim Poolside...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Pairs (Kaufmann Desert House)
1970 (printed later)
C Print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity
Former fashion model Hel...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'C...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
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.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 40x40''
Pri...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Desert Landscapes in Southern California Hills
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Desert Landscapes in Southern California Hills
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later....
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Sunbathing On Capri - Slim Aarons - 20th century colour photography Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons
Huge Oversize 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France,
This is an estate st...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
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
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
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 Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Eye of the Beholder, 1974 - Bronze Bathing Beauties Suntanning on French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eye of the Beholder, 1974 - Bronze Bathing Beauties Suntanning on French Riviera 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
Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Andros Island (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Andros Island (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoys a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros,
Bahamas, 1957.
Additional Informat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980.
Sunbathing in Capr...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Palermo (formerly Taormina Pool), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rich, vibrant Slim Aarons Estate Edition photograph depicts a swimming pool at the glamorous Villa Igiea, in the Sicilian cultural, economic and tourism capital of Palermo, on t...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Tha...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Out Islands, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features sailing boats in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, April 1964.
This is an estate stamped an...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Pool At Lake Tahoe (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe,
California, 1959.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Pape...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
The High Life Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The High Life
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a sta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis.
Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience.
"Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention.
"I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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 jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Es...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Capri Holiday 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capri Holiday 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
$3,588 Sale Price
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Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
California, 1957.
About the image:
Th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Capri Tan' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy.
Slim Aarons
Capri Tan
1968. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 1...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'La Concha Beach Club' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'La Concha Beach Club'
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975.
This is a simply stunning Slim. The palm fringed green...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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
Via Veneto - Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Via Veneto - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983) and a lady friend standing on the Via Ve...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Loun...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Al Fresco Tea (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son,
July 1961.
Add...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Bianca Volpato (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bianca Volpato (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Bianca Volpato poses in front of the Temple of Love on the island of Capri,
Italy, 1958.
Additional Informa...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France,
This is an estate st...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, 'La Canzone Del Mare' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958.
Slim Aarons
La Canzone del Mare
1958 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authent...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
On the Sugarbush Slopes 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On the Sugarbush Slopes 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of the largest ski resor...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
USA Trianon (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
circa 1960: A group of young women enjoying the sunshine in the grounds of the former George Newhall estate in San Francisco. Its house and gardens are modelled on Le Petit Trianon a...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper size very large 72 x 4...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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.