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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Period: 1960s
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Artist: Slim Aarons
Catch Up By The Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catch Up By The Pool
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 ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Eagle Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eagle Club
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30" inches / ca 101.6 x 76.2 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped C...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
On the Sugarbush Slopes Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On the Sugarbush Slopes
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one o...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
NEW Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A young girl stands with three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer as they take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Fl...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print 'Motorboats In Antibes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Motorboats In Antibes' by Slim Aarons
Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
Beautiful Riva motorboats are se...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Summer Picnic Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer Picnic
1990
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A summer picnic at the Castle Pines yacht club in Colorado, 1990
unframed
c type...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'The High Life in St Tropez'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
August 1977: Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez.
Slim Aarons
The High Life
1977. (printed l...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons: Snowmass Village Helicopter (SLim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Snowmass Gathering
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is proud 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 represent 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.
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Slim Aarons, Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, Colorado, Ski Photography, Helicopter, Winter Scene, Snowscape, Snow Photography...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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
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Lambda
Party on the Steps Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party on the Steps
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Helen Dzo Dzo is seen in the centre wearing a white crochet outfit...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
Slim Aarons
Backgammon by the pool...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
At The Linsk House Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
At The Linsk House
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Bikini Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bikini Society
1972
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
February 1972: From l to r; Christina Chambonne, Elinor Hill, Clare Davidson, Suzy Naggia, Carole Page gossip...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
This is an est...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Backgammon
1972
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obreg...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
On The Beach In Bermuda Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Beach In Bermuda
1967
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Golfing Pals' (1977) - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals (1977) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Poolside In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
numbere...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Champagne By The Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Champagne By The Pool
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (in white crochet, left) talking to a guest by the pool at Nelda Li...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Harbour Island, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the nostalgia of seaside relaxation with this captivating Slim Aarons photograph, capturing a young couple at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, in 1967. This photograph is a time capsule of coastal elegance and vintage beachwear...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Poolside Catwalk Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Catwalk
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer J...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Winter Wear Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Wear
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Commander Whitehead Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Commander Whitehead
1974
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Commander Edward Whitehead (1908 – 1978), the public face of Schweppes, leans on a silver Rolls Royce at...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiing in Vail Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing in Vail
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
unframed
c type print...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a midcentury chalet with a view at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont i...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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 ' 1970
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
'Monte Carlo' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo'
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Pri...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Flamingos In Flight Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Flamingos In Flight
1979
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Flamingos in flight, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, January 1979.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Phil Richards Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Pool
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A poolside party at Phil Richards’ home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1970.
unframed
c type print
prin...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lee Crawford In Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lee Crawford In Pool
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Mrs. Lee Kinsolving (formerly Lee Crawford) descending the steps into the pool at Albin Holder’s home, ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Saint-Tropez Seafront Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Seafront
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Elephant Walk Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Elephant Walk
1977
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests around the pool at Elephant Walk, Duncan McMartin’s villa in Bermuda, September 1977
unframed
c type p...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Teddy Stauffer In Acapulco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Teddy Stauffer In Acapulco
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Swiss bandleader and restaurateur Teddy Stauffer (1909 – 1991) in the swimming pool of Warren Avi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Capri Tan Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capri Tan
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy
unframed
c type print
print...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Arturo Pani’s Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968
unframed
c type print
printed ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
On The Coast Of Brazil Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Speed Week
1963
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Competitors in an assortment of vehicles at the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
On The Sugarbush Slopes Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Sugarbush Slopes
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr playing backgammon with Betsy Pickering on a polar bear rug...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Snowmass Village Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 196...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Bettina Graziani Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964.
unframed
c type print
printed...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Penthouse Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool
1961
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961
unframed
c type
Limited to 1...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Positano Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Positano Beach
1979
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Spot The Ball Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spot The Ball
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1960. A polo match at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts. The club was s...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Taormina Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Taormina
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 inches - paper size
Limited ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Digging for Clams (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960
Slim Aarons
Digging for Clams on Black Beach
1960
Fiber Print
Estate...
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1960s American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sugarbush Slopes 1960
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Skiers relaxing on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Waterskiing Star: Kirk Douglas, Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American film star Kirk Douglas water-skiing in the sunshine at the Eden Roc annex to the Hotel du Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Aa...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Skiers At Verbier - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
This is an est...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, ...
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1960s 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...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 19...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color
Laguna Beach Surfer - Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Three surfers with their boards at sunset, Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. (Photo by Slim Aar...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Aluminum
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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Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young debutantes in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1968.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x20'' ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons art, so small editions measuring 30 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Pico Garcez. Slim Aarons art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,230, while the average work can sell for $3,950.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.