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
'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 ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Relaxing by Palm Trees in Palm Beach by Atlantic Ocean
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Relaxing by Palm Trees in Palm Beach by Atlantic Ocean by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons, Funk In Tuscany
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Funk In Tuscany, 1969
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Marta Marzotta playing a James Brown album on an Italian Brio...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Eden Rock 1973
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden Rock
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 197...
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1970s 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
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Megachess - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Megachess
A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993.
Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo b...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Coral Beach, Bermuda (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977.
C print
estate edition of 150
A view of Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of aut...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm pa...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'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
Slim Aarons 'Faraglioni Rocks, Capri' Midcentury Modern Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974
Slim Aarons
Faraglioni Rocks, Capri, 1974, Printed Later
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered upon ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'The High Life' : Mid-century Modern Photography : Celebrity
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi, Sabine Korte and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez. September 1968.
The High Life
1968
C prin...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
40 x 60" inches / 10...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, 1980.
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm
Estat...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150....
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Equestrian Entrance Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Equestrian Entrance
1957
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy.
unfram...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staying At The Carlton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association)...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Snowmass Picnic, 1967 - Aspen Skiing Colorado Apres Ski American Snow Sports
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Snowmass Picnic, 1967 - Aspen Skiing Colorado Apres Ski American Snow Sports by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150....
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
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...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his whi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool On Amalfi Coast, 1984 - Italian Riviera Hotel Santa Caterina Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool On Amalfi Coast, 1984 - Italian Riviera Hotel Santa Caterina Swimming Pool 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, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite, C. Z. Guest, ( aka Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with her personalized Ford Model T t...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, the sun-kissed home away from home for titans of literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). Two female bathers in black sunhats enjoy a holiday in bikini and topless styles, against the rocks. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
Slim Aarons
Crossing Snow Field, 1963
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certif...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines 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
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Racquet Club Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Racquet Club Pool
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests in the pool at the Villa Vera Racquet Club, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
un...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957.
unfra...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mustique Hammock - Mustique Island Villa Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Mustique Hammock - Mustique Island Villa Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Mustiique Hammock' is a L...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Scrabble in Palm Springs - Playing Scrabble by Swimming Pool in Tennis Whites
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Scrabble in Palm Springs - Playing Scrabble by Swimming Pool in Tennis Whites 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
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Beautiful greens of th...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Verbier Vacation - Ski Resort Verbier Snowy Mountain Winter Alpine Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Verbier Vacation - Ski Resort Verbier Snowy Mountain Winter Alpine Landscape by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later
As part of the Estate's Premium Collection...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
La Concha Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
La Concha Beach Club
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
2...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Yacht Holiday (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, Spain 1967. Printed later.
A group of bronzed young women captured from the back are seen enjoying the Spanish ho...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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
Slim Aarons Estate Print - CZ's House 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ's House
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beac...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Esther Williams - Hollywood Actress and Swimmer Poses in Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Esther Williams - Hollywood Actress and Swimmer Poses in Swimming Pool by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Esther ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
60x40 inches paper size
Estate Sta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
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
Tennis Guests later Jackie Kennedy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis Guests 1953
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy and then Onassis) at Newport Casino for Tennis Week, 1953. Original Publicati...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party - Limited Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm unframed.
' Poolside Party '
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. K...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Lucky Luciano, 1950s - American Italian Mafia Mafioso Black and White Portrait
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lucky Luciano, 1950s - American Italian Mafia Mafioso Black and White Portrait 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
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
Materials
Archival Pigment
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One James Hunt
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One James Hunt by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Monaco Grand Prix' is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons.
A unique view from the driver's height of Formula One Grand Prix...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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 24x20 inches / 6...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Cannes Sports' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
'Cannes Sports'
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France
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 Seascape Photography, Vintage Cannes, vintage watersports...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain,1967
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
An aerial view of the beach at Monte Carlo, with skyscrapers rising behind, August 1981.
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
California Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May ...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Catherine Wilke, Capri (open edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri (open edition),1980
Chromogenic lambda print
This open edition print is released directly from the Slim Aarons estate.
Catherine Wilke joins the ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
* 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 *
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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 Vintage Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
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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.