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Slim Aarons Art

American, 1916-2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Artist: Slim Aarons
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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Slim Aarons Original Estate Print - Las Vegas Luxury 1954 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Sl...
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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...
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Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo Beach Club' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco, August 1970 Slim Aarons Monte Carlo Beach Club, 1970 (Printed later) Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 40 inches Framing...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Gathering Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...
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Hotel Taormina, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. Visual Description: This iconic photograph features rugged a swimming pool and sunkissed rocks alongside boats in sparkling turquoise water. More geological formations can be seen below the surface of the sea. 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. Saint-Tropez, France is a glamorous vacation destination west of Nice and east of Marseille in the Var...
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Marbella House Party 1967 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
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” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Pool Party 1951 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in t...
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Marina Piccola 1954 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola, 1954 Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. 30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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'Pool At El Venero' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At El Venerol' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Guests by the pool at 'El Venerol', the villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala, Marbella, Spain, August 1967....
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Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print - Palm Springs Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Party' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Palm Beach Street 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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Phil Richards' Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at Phil Richards' home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1970. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
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Slim Aarons - Nicholsons 1959 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nicholsons Cafe Nicholson in New York, 1959. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 p...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino 1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jhelum River - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jhelum River A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’. Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 10...
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Easter Egg Hunt' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Children pose with baskets of toy eggs during the annual Easter egg hunt at the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1960. Slim Aarons Easter Egg Hunt 1960 Fiber Print Estate ...
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Nice Pool (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Nice Pool, 1955 Archival pigment print 60 x 60 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. American writer C.Z. Guest (M...
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1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. Paper size 40...
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Alpine Skiing, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alpine Skiing, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers waiting for the c...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on th...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Tram Turntable - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tram Turntable A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. Printed 2022. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Est...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands 1954 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 c...
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Slim Aarons 'Spinnaker Sailing' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spinnaker sailing on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldw...
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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Relaxing in Lech
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Relaxing in Lech A group of people sitting in the sun at the Gasthof Post hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, 1960. Paper Size 24x20 inch...
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Slim Aarons Palm Beach Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jim Kimberly and his wife (far left) and friends with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, Kimberly acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. A...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Friendship'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Friendship 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Nelda L...
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Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 photo...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art

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'Fan Mail' - Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail', 1955 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released....
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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Apres Ski Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1913 – 2006), who ...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid. Paper size 20 x 20" inch...
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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Poolside Friendship
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Poolside Friendship Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at ...
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Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. Paper size 20 x 30 inches / 51 x 76 cm Esta...
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Slim Aarons, Zermatt Skiing (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Zermatt Skiing, 1968 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
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Kings of Hollywood (Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Van Heflin
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This iconic photograph is finally available again, for the first time in over a year. In this classic black and white photograph, film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills. Kings of Hollywood / New Year's at Romanoff's Slim Aarons Estate Edition 16 x 20 inches Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Purchaser will get the next number in the edition Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Founded by Michael Romanoff (born Hershel Geguzin, 1890-1971), Romanoff's was a popular restaurant with Hollywood stars during the 1940s and 1950s, including director Alfred Hitchcock. Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hollywood, Vintage Glamour, 1950s, Beverly Hills, Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Vintage Hollywood Glamour...
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Slim Aarons, Hotel Punta, Capri (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Punta, Capri, 1974 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
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'Holidaymakers In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Holidaymakers In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Produced from the origi...
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Ocean Club 1963 - Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocean Club 1963 A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, 1963. Huntington Hartford, paid $...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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'Arturo Pani's Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Arturo Pani's Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. Produced from the original transparen...
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'Porto Rotondo' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo' Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chalet Costi Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968. Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Speedboat Landing A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. Paper size 30 x 20" inches ...
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Poolside Pairs, Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs, 1970: This coveted photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women in stylish midcentury clothing in front of the turquoise swimming pool o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art

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'Snorkelling In Malta' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Snorkelling In Malta' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959. Produced from the orig...
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Jean Serpieri at Tour La Reine (Queen's Tower), Athens, Greece, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
December 1961—Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown which belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece. The palace too originally belonged to King Otto, and was used as a summer home by the royal family. The room features neogothic architecture, a sky blue, red and gold decorative ceiling, black and white tile, and rich blue upholstery. Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * 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. Tour la Reine is a former royal estate near Athens, Greece. The estate, consisting of 200 hectares (494 acres), was purchased by King Otto, the first king of modern Greece. He built there a small neogothic castle for his wife, Queen Amalia. The architecture resembles Hohenschwangau castle in Bavaria, built for Maximilian II of Bavaria, the brother of King Otto. As the castle is only one tower, it is called the Queen's Tower. After the abdication of King Otto, the estate was sold to the Serpieri family, who still own it. They have a dairy farm and wineyard on the estate. The wines bottled on the estate are called "Tour la Reine" (French for Queen's Tower). A nearby station of the Proastiakos suburban railway opened in 2014, Pyrgos Vasilissis, is named after the estate. Internal: Slim Aarons, Vintage Greece photography...
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'Celebrity Cruise' Costa Smeralda (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Celebrity Cruise' British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) on the Aga Khan's yacht on the Costa Smeralda, circa 1955. Go...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Palm Beach Street - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons 'Vila Vera' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera' The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Slim Aarons 'Apres Ski' 1963 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Apres Ski' A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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Il Pellicano Pool, Estate Edition, Seascape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury midcentury seascape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests walking up steps at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

'Lawrence Peabody II' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lawrence Peabody II' January 1975, Lawrence Carleton Peabody II and his son, Thomas Lawrence Claudius Peabody at their family's villa, Boedecia, in Haiti. Paper Size 24x20 inch...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach' A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estate S...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Kennedy and Friends' Midcentury Modern Photography - Flight
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. 1953 Kennedy and Friends 1953 Fiber print Estate signature stamped and ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Silver Gelatin

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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.
Questions About Slim Aarons Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.

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