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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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Period: 1970s
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Period: 1980s
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Artist: Slim Aarons
New England Skiing, Estate Edition, Midcentury New Hampshire Snowscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this midcentury snowscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hamp...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art

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

Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, 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. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake. Slim Aarons Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como Slim Aarons Estate Edition Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Printed Later Certificate of Authenticity included Collector 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. 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 * Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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'Let's Dance' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 c...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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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 Estate Print - Tina Onassis 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tina Onassis 1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis relaxing by the swimming pool aboard thei...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego. This is an estate stamp...
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Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Babe Paley American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William S. Paley, beside the pool at Round Hill, their villa in Ja...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Chez Holder
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis. Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience. "Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention. "I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
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Slim Aarons 'On The Sugarbush Slopes' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New England Skiing 1955 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Two women recline on improvised su...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953. photo by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Park Avenue A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City. Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Paper Size very large 72 x ...
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Ocho Rios, Jamaica ' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocho Rios Mr and Mrs John James stroll on their fifteen-acre estate that blossoms with half a million poinsettias, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971. Gorgeous pr...
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Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Beautiful greens of th...
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Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, 1980. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estat...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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'Caracalla Therme' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Caracalla Therme' A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 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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'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. Produced from the original transparency Certificate...
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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 Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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'Poolside Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Party' Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. This photograph was...
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Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 by Slim Aarons printed 2025 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" ...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Hotel De Paris In Monaco
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Hotel De Paris In Monaco - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 19...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. Slim Aarons Positano Beach 1979 (printed later) C print Estate st...
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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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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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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. 16x20” / 41 x 51 cm - paper size Estate Stamp...
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'Governing Couple' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Governing Couple' November 1971: Nancy Reagan and her husband film star and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (later the 40th President of the USA) in Acapulco, Mexico. Pape...
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Slim Arons Estate Edition - Cortina d'Ampezzo
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Cortina d'Ampezzo - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Snowboarding in Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1988 (Photo by Slim Aarons). This photograph epitomises the...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print, Color

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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'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Satin Seduction - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'CZ's House' circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Art...
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'Sun Worship' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sun Worship' 1981 Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
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NEW: Slim Aarons 'Dixieland Jam in Rome' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971), Earl 'Fatha' Hines (1905 - 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 - 1964) on trom...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyl A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection E...
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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 the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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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 the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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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 the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Ca...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capri Bay' 1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed...
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Slim Aarons 'Dali's Party' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dali's Party' circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball in New York. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Sunbathing in Capri (Estate Edition, #1)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers by a swimming pool at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, August 1974. Edition #1 available. Slim Aarons Sunbathing in Capri...
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Slim Aarons 'NIce Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ocean-front estate, V...
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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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Porto Rotondo, Estate Edition (Yachts in Sardinia, Italy)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. Visual Description: Yachts moored in a turquoise cove offset by deeper blue sea, surrounded by the dramatic cliffs of a rocky shore. 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 department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southern France. The adjacent narrow body of water is the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. 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 Saint-Tropez Beach 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. 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 Photography, Porto Rotondo, Vintage Seascape, Vintage Sardinia, Vintage Yachts...
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'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 ...
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Slim Aarons - Bermuda View - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s Es...
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Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' August 1973:A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. 24 x 20" inc...
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Slim Aarons, Haiti Holiday (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Haiti Holiday, 1981 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A woman wearing a translucent white blouse and holding a cocktail stands in a swimmi...
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Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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Port Life, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man stops to watch a young woman tie her sandals on the pavement in Portofino marina, August 1977. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and s...
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Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
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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, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake. Slim Aarons Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como Slim Aarons Estate Edition Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Printed Later Certificate of Authenticity included Collector 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. 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 * Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Il Canille' Midcentury
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. I...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

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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
    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.
  • 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.

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