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Slim Aarons Art

American, 1916-2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Artist: Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite, C. Z. Guest, ( aka Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with her personalized Ford Model T t...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Julie London
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1957. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Coll...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish actress and singer Carmen Sevilla. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Carmen Sevilla Chromogenic Lambda print 1957, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Com...
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Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
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Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes, 1976 Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France. 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stampe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Beach' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Beach 1973 C print (Printed later) Estate signatu...
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Slim Aarons 'Tiziana in Positano'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984. Tiziana Audino 1984 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print state stamped and hand numbered edi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Slim Aarons 'Faraglioni Rocks, Capri' Midcentury Modern Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974 Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks, Capri, 1974, Printed Later Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered upon ...
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Slim Aarons, 'Skiers At Sugarbush' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. Slim Aarons Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered editi...
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Snowmass Village 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. 30x40” / 76x101 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs (Kaufmann Desert House) 1970 (printed later) C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Former fashion model Hel...
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Slim Aarons, 'Skiers At Sugarbush' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. Slim Aarons Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered editi...
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Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests relax by the swimming pool at John Young's villa 'Plantana', Ocho Rios, Jamaica, March 1971. Slim Aarons Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 C print (Printed later) Estate signature sta...
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Slim Aarons, 'Arturo Pani's Villa' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. Slim Aarons Arturo Pani's Villa 1984 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Tiziana in Positano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tiziana Audino 1984 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984. Estate stamp...
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'Bikini Girls' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bikini Girls' Two women in matching bikini and shoes outfits, Monte Carlo, 1975. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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'Lounging In Verbier' ( Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Gorgeous print measuring an extra large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm...
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Slim Aarons 'Cadillac at the Carlton Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955, printed later. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Sunbathing in Capr...
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Slim Aarons, 'Nirvana' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico, 1971. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. Slim Aarons Nirvana 1971 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbe...
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Lounging In Verbier - Super Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Size 72 x 48" inches / 183 x 122 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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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, Marbella, Spain. This is an esta...
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Rowing Off Sicily, Estate Edition (Taormina, Italy: rocky turquoise seascape)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Rowing Off Sicily, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of two couples out rowing off the coast of Sicily, Italy, near Taorm...
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Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Official Limited Estate Edition Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool' Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Lake Tahoe Ladies
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Curling At St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963 This is an es...
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Slim Aarons, The High Life (Mid-century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi, Sabine Korte and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez. September 1968. Slim Aarons The High Life...
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Katharine Hepburn 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm ...
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Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. This is an...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Dolores Guinness' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1965: Dolores Guinness catches the sun's last rays in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. Slim Aarons Dolores Guinness Costa Smeralda, Sardinia Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 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 * Dolores Guinness (31 July 1936 – 20 January 2012), was a German born "Freiin" (Baroness), socialite, fashion icon and jet set member of the 1950s and 1960s. She has been a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1970. Her mother was the famous Mexican-born socialite Gloria Guinness. Dolores was often seen in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country and Life magazine dressed in designer clothes from Givenchy, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga during the 1950s and 1960s, photographed by Cecil Beaton, Bert Stern, Henry Clarke, Mark Shaw (photographer), Richard Avedon and William Klein. She often appeared on the International Best Dressed List during these years. The Costa Smeralda (lit. 'Emerald Coast...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Skiing In Vail
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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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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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Adriatic Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adriatic Riviera Men and women - wearing red, white and blue striped tops - relaxing on a small boat, with a red and white mast, and small flags of Germany, USA, Great Britain and I...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
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La Dolce Vita: Vuccino & Rava in Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a blue swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava in green. Both wear vintage bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the deep marine blue waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, 1958. Slim Aarons La Dolce Vita: Vuccino & Rava Capri, Italy Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate 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 * From a recent Vogue article on the photography of Slim Aarons: "The iconic Capri is always teeming with a variety of hotels, each more beautiful than the last. A stone's throw from the Villa Malaparte from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Contempt, the Faraglioni cliffs plunging into the turquoise of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the colorful houses that climb the bay. The Hotel Punta Tragara was one of Slim Aarons' favorite spots in Italy." # Vintage Capri, Vintage dolce vita, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Poolside...
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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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'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authentici...
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Lake Tahoe Ladies 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Poolside Secrets, Estate Edition, Slim Aarons Palm Beach Collection
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer share a secret at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Description and alt text: In this classic image of midcentury poolside glamour, two suntanned white women share a moment by the sparkling blue and green reflective swimming pool. Flo Smith wears a breezy straw hat and sailor striped top with white shorts, and Lily Pulitzer wears a mod Grecian vase print and coral pants, and a vibrant pink kerchief. The figures in the foreground are in crisp detail, and the lush background of palm trees and cool blue sky is in soft focus. There is a beautiful contrast between the soft-focus background foliage and its graphic, bright reflection in the pool in the middle ground. Flo holds a white bag and her nails are painted red, echoing the trim of her hat. Pulitzer wears a jade bracelet, echoing the jade of the pool and her top, and her nails are natural. A blue cabana can be seen in the background. Flo holds an arm around Lily's waist, and Lily lightly tips the corner of Flo's hat. This is a perfect image for a collector of classic photography, midcentury glamour, or iconic friendship. Color chips for complementary decorative shades of soft red, deep pink, delft blue (sky), and jade greens (pool, palms and poolside foliage) can be seen in slideshow. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition Modern printing from original transparency C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color Paper weight 210gms Matte Satin Surface Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of photography, 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 tags are vintage glamour, vintage Palm Beach, midcentury glamour featuring Lily Pulitzer, Slim Aarons, classic midcentury photography, perfect reflection, iconic friendship, historic glamour, red, pink, blue and green, turquoise and jade...
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Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Dolores Guinness
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1965 Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inche...
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Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California. This is an estate stamped and hand numb...
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Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features some friends preparing for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas. This is an estate ...
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'Curling At St. Moritz' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Curling At St. Moritz' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archi...
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Slim Aarons 'Leisure in Antibes', framed
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Leisure in Antibes...
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Slim Aarons, 'The High Life in St Tropez'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
August 1977: Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez. Slim Aarons The High Life 1977. (printed l...
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Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
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Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983. Slim Aarons Chro...
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Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. This is an estate...
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Marsha Gayle 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von ...
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Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Pal...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Skiing At Cannon Mountain
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A skier sets off on the easy loop at Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire, 1955. Gorgeous print measuring a huge Oversize 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamp...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Pantz Pool 1985 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pantz Pool' Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz' Marbella home, September 1985. Paper Size very large 72 x 48" inches / 18...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Having A Topping Time 1959 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collec...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, Janu...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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C Print

Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of a rocky outcrop on the coast at, Acapulco, Mexico, 1950. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane dog, at her Grecian te...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons art for sale on 1stDibs.

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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