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
Apres Ski 1961 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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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (191...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Abaco Holiday
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986.
Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
View From Il Pellicano, 1991
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted w...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monte Carlo, 1970: This classic landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a vintage wooden and red painted speedboat carrying holidaygoers in the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Skating Waiter' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skating Waiter'
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Poolside Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party
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. At far lef...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, circa 19...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Italy, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Crossing Snow Field' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Crossing Snow Field' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Cortina dAmpezzo 1962 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina dAmpezzo
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size
Estate...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Gloria Schiff And Consuelo Crespi' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Gloria Schiff And Consuelo Crespi' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Pilar Crespi and her sister, Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (1928-2010) in Costa Smeralda, Sardi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool'
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Mara Lane at the Sands' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldw...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - French Polo Crowd 1950 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'You Look Wonderful' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'You Look Wonderful' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1990: Alpine ski champion Max Rieger on the balcony of a villa in Gudari, in the Caucasus mountains,Georgia. With him is Meg O'Neil dressed in ski suit designed by Bogner and wearing with it an Aeroflot flight cap...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Christmas Swim 1954 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two chi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Keep Your Cool 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 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.
60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size
Estate Stampe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Apres Ski' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on top of peak KT-22, Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle.
Slim Aarons
Pink Accessory, Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print
1955, Printed Later...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
NEW Slim Aarons 'Everglades Club Dancers' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American financier and art collector J. Patrick Lannan and Marcia Pressman enjoy a dance together at a party hosted by Jim Kimberly at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida, Apr...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Villa Nirvana
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Lure of Lamu, 1987 - Palm Trees on Lamu Archipelago near Kenya in Indian Ocean
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lure of Lamu, 1987 - Palm Trees on Lamu Archipelago near Kenya in Indian Ocean, features a yacht gliding past the hotel resort on the island of Lamu in the Indian Ocean
16 x 20" pri...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Joan Collins, Pink Accessory'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, a party of skiers adjourning for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, in 1961, one year after th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
NEW Slim Aarons 'Via Mizner Palm Beach' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman wearing a yellow Lilly Pulitzer shift dress (left) talks to a friend while out shopping on Via Mizner, Palm Beach, Florida, 1964.
Slim Aarons
Via Mizner Palm Beach
1964
C-Pr...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi - 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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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Easter Parade' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A crowd is gathered outside the Bonwit Teller department store on Worth Avenue while a band plays opposite during the Palm Beach Easter Parade, Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beac...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
'Rockefeller Brothers' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Rockefeller Brothers'
The Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office, 1970. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2004), Winthrop (1912 - 1973), John D...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'The High Life' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The High Life'
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends during a stay in St Tropez, August 1977.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Sta...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Poolside in Arizona' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
Slim Aarons
Poolside in Arizona
1973. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Swimmer' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
Saint-Tropez Seafront, 1970
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
'Dining In The Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dining In The Bahamas'
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is surrounded by tables, each with a parasol to shade the diners...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Las Brisas' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas'
A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
P...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Slim Aarons
NY Lights
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
'Motor Holiday' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Motor Holiday'
A family jaunt in a motorboat in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, circa 1975.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by S...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Lech Ice Bar - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are in the background.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30"...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Satin Seduction 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction
Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed.
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 c...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Jhelum River 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
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’.
60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Backgammon 1972 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
20x24” / 51 x 60 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Speedboat Landing 1973 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Speedboat Landing, 1973
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy.
40x30” / 76x101 cm - p...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1959.
Immerse yourself in the nostalgic allure of Slim Aarons' 'Lake Tahoe Pool,' a stunning estate photograph that captures the essence of 1950s summer leisure at the Tahoe Tavern, California. This piece is a window into a bygone era, where bathers bask by a dazzling turquoise pool, framed by the towering majesty of pine trees, with the Sierra Nevada mountains and the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe forming a breathtaking backdrop.
This idyllic scene is adorned with vintage holidaymakers lounging under chic fringed pastel umbrellas, embodying the effortless style and elegance that Aarons is renowned for. The tranquil poolside setting, framed by nature's grandeur, creates a captivating contrast between serene relaxation and the wild beauty of the Californian landscape.
Slim Aarons
Pool at Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Captured 1959, Printed later
Collector gets 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.
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).
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Giclée
'Princess Caroline Of Monaco' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Princess Caroline Of Monaco' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Prrincess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Florida Palms 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Florida Palms
A view of palm trees at a beach resort in Boca Raton, Florida, April 1978.
40x40” / 101x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sl...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marb...
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1970s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Cove In Ansedonia
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at a cove in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy, 1986.
Gorgeous print measuring 24 x 20" inches / ca 60.9 x 50.8 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Backgammon By The Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool in Haiti, January 1975.
Estate ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
NEW Slim Aarons 'Pool Golf' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man holds a golf club poolside while American actor Lee Kinsolving chats with his partner, Lillian Kinsolving (née Crawford), in the pool at the home of Albin and Margo Lykes Holde...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Casa Rosada, Ibiza ' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Casa Rosada, Ibiza
Artist Beth Batlle relaxes in the garden of her home 'Casa Rosada' with her friends Sylvia de Aragon, Mara Polo, and Carmen Uriach, Ibiza, Spain, August 1989.
Go...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Jean Serpieri 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri, 1961
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 first king of modern Greece, De...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Underwater Drink Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Underwater Drink
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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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.