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
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Positano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Positano Beach
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Gorgeous print measu...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Positano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Positano Beach
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Gorgeous print measuring a Supersize 48 x 72" inch...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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The Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside in the Bahamas, May 1967. Beyond the pool is...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Klosters 1963 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Klosters
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Skiers At Verbier 1964 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier
1964: Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland.
60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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'A Friendly Chat' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'A Friendly Chat'
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 5...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Waterskiing at Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969.
Waterskiing at Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nassau Sailing'
A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
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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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Ice Hockey (Aaron Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people play an improvised game of ice hockey in Gstaad, 1992.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, United States, April 1960.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authen...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's.
Esta...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969.
Produced from the original transpa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Zermatt Skiing
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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'Harbour Isle Beach' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Harbour Isle Beach' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973.
Produce...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe
Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. Behind the two women is a sign board offering ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Spain Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition of 150
Embo...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessm...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Yachting Trip - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Yachting Trip
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967.
Paper size 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm
Estate S...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
Slim Aarons
Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Editio...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Kasimir Korybut Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kasimir Korybut
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971
unfra...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Anne Anka
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anne Anka
Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Alicia, Anthea, Alexandra and Amanda, November 1976
Gorg...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Kaloa Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at Kaloa Beach, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, January 1975
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Linda Shaw Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Linda Shaw
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Linda Shaw emerges from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x 24" - pap...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Young Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Young Society
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, April 19...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Dapper Cricketers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dapper Cricketers
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of cricketers in team uniform, Bermuda, 1957
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×16 inches - p...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Gloria Schiff Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff
1963
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahama...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nirvana Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nirvana
1972
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. 1972. Original Artwork: A Wond...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cabot Family Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cabot Family
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Mrs Henry Cabot Jnr with her children (left to right) Henry Bromfield Cabot III, Camilla Foote Cabot and Andrew Hull...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Saint-Tropez Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Beach
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x 2...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Dining at Wilmot’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining at Wilmot’s
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Accordion music accompanies a meal by the pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Paraglider Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paraglider
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness. 1968
unfr...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Chez Holder Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970.
unframed
c type print
pri...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Snowmass Village Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
two fashionably attired women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nelda And Friends Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nelda And Friends
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to l...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Brunch At Brennans Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1960. Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons
unframed
c typ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Roca Lisa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roca Lisa
1978
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Fosca, Vera and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain 1978.
unframed
c type print...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Racquet Club Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Racquet Club Pool
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests in the pool at the Villa Vera Racquet Club, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
un...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Roca Llisa' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Roca Llisa'
Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Great Harbour Cay Marina
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at a marina on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Hotel Taormina Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Taormina Pool
1975
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
unframed
c type print
printed 202...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Garden Party
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1970: An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida.
unframed
c type print
numbered in ink on the front
Limited...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
George Hamilton in Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968.
George Hamilton in Capri
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961. ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Tyrolean Churches, Tyrol, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
This is ...
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Black Pearl Trippers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henry B. Cabot Jr. (standing, centre) with his son Henry Bromfield Cabot III and their host Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III (in striped shirt) aboard the brigantine 'Black Pearl', ci...
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Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
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Skiing Waiter, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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Verbier Vacation, Estate Edition, Swiss Alps Mountain Snow Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mountain top in Verbier, Swit...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Snowmass Picnic 1967 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Picnic
A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. Helicopter in the background...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Produced from the original...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Ocean Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, 1963. Huntington Hartford paid $25,000,000 to have Paradise...
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Slim Aarons, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity...
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Slim Aarons 'Snowmass Picnic' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Snowmass Picnic'
1967: A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. Helicopter in the b...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Sardinian Holiday' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sardinian Holiday'
Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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Slim Aarons 'Sunbather on Rock, Costa Smeralda Sardinia, Italy' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sunbather on a rock by the seaside pool at Jacques Couelle's home 'Monte Mano', on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, August 1973.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
2...
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Slim Aarons 'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Kaufmann Desert House'
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann and at the time, o...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
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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.