Slim Aarons Color Photography
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
Zermatt Skiing, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Snowy Mountain Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
In this scene of casual winter glamo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim and Sphinx, Estate Edition: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at Shepheard's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard's night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. Two gold and turquoise sphinxes flank the DJ, who is posed behind two record players and before a glittering sculpture.
Hyatt is often credited as the first disco DJ in the US. Initially hired by Oliver Coquelin upon the opening of Le Club, Hyatt quickly became one of the most revered figures in the emerging disco scene. He also DJed at Doubles from 1984 to 1995, and has been called by the painter and bandleader Peter Duchin “the first discotheque artist in New York."
Slim and Sphinx, 1964
Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Chromogenic Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed Later
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
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.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
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.
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 *
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Beach Hut In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach Hut In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at a beach hut at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
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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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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Pagoda, Everglades Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three women enjoy the sun in front of the Chinese teahouse on Everglades Island in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985. The teahouse was designed by Wyeth, King, and Johnson.
Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Pagoda
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Pictured: Cynthia Eichler (sitting) with Vicky Schaft Bruder (centre) and Cathy Tankoos (Mrs Joseph Tankoos)
Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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.
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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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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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Bermuda View (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermuda View (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club,
1957.
...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Sea Drive, Estate Edition, Seascape with Amphicar in Nassau
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nassau, 1967: In 'Sea Drive,' a genuine Slim Aarons estate edition photograph, film producer Kevin McClory, his wife, Bobo Sigrist, and their family enjoy a leisurely drive in a vibrant red vintage Amphicar across the scenic turquoise Nassau harbour. This idyllic 1967 scene embodies Slim Aarons signature style, mixing casual glamour and vintage cool; the unique midcentury charm of this iconic landscape is completed with a pink parasol.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print
Modern printing from original transparency
Captured 1964, printed later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive 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.
This is a genuine Slim Aarons Estate photograph, estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924[1] – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film Thunderball, popular in the 60s and 70s.
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Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Villa d'Este
Chromogenic Lam...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Palermo (formerly Taormina Pool), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rich, vibrant Slim Aarons Estate Edition photograph depicts a swimming pool at the glamorous Villa Igiea, in the Sicilian cultural, economic and tourism capital of Palermo, on t...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
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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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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."
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Seascape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta.
This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Princess Caroline of Monaco
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco
1981 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the es...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975
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.
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
Backgammon by the pool...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lech Ice Bar, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and sta...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Family Snapper, 1959
Premium Collection
Estate Stamped Edition to 150
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tania Mallet
1960, Printed Later
C print
20 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Caption: Actress Tania Mall...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Social Call' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1972—Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico.
Social Call
30 x 40 inches
Estate Edition
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
30 x 30” / 76 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Antigua Beach Club, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960.
Slim Aarons
Antigua Beach Club, 1960
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
30 x 20 Inches
$3,000
40 x 30 Inches
$3,350
60 x 40 inches
$3,950
72 x 48 inches
$4,500
Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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, Vintage...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool, 1978
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity.
Carmen Alv...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Portofino Villa, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
Portofino Villa
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic L...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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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...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in th...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert Hous)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert House),
1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Porto Rotondo, #1 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 Descript...
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive t...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Friendship'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Friendship
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 - Italian Sicilian Portrait Lemon Trees on Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 - Italian Sicilian Portrait Lemon Trees on Capri by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Lunch a...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 - Nassau Bahamas Snorkelling Scuba Diving
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 - Nassau Bahamas Snorkelling Scuba Diving by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print from 20th Century ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Skiing In Vail II
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail II, 1960
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA,...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Crossing Snow Field, 1963
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A line of sleighs cros...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Party on the Steps, Estate Edition, Palm Springs Poolside series
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of 1970s elegance with this extraordinary Slim Aarons photograph. Taken in January 1970, it encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour at a pool party at N...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
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 mou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for b...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Marsha Gayle (right) and a friend relax on a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stam...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing In Vail, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the ...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' 1976 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eden-Roc Pool' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Paper size 60 x 40 inches ...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Lady Hamilton
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lady Hamilton
Lady Hamilton rests in the shade of a tree, in the company of a Kenyan tribe.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted with yachts and small boats, the waters off the coast of Porto Ercole, Tuscany, in July 1991. The ...
Category
1990s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later)
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
Film produ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964
48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Co...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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.
Slim Aarons
Sunbathing in Capri
Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri, Italy
Chromogenic La...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Eden Roc Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Eden Roc Hotel
1976 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: The luxurious Hotel du Cap Eden Roc at Cap d'Antibe...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Poolside Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann Desert House, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
'Sunbathing On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - on ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Holiday In Mustique 1989 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Dreams 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the G...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Marbella Backgammon
1970
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of people playing backgammon...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Desert House Party, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at a desert house, desig...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Catching The Sun In Cortina'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catching The Sun In Cortina
1976 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristi...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Es...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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