Slim Aarons Figurative 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
Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' 1969 Officially Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons
This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
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.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Sundowners, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
Sundowners
1958; Printed Later
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered upon sale out of...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
60 x 40" inche...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach'
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
On the Sugarbush Slopes 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On the Sugarbush Slopes 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of the largest ski resor...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo' 1975 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo'
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathers at Eden Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
Sunbathers at Eden Roc, 1969
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
Slim Aarons ...
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1960s American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Checkered Flag' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag'
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Est...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Sunbathing On Capri - Slim Aarons - 20th century colour photography Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons
Huge Oversize 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
'Jackie K' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jackie K'
Premium Rates Apply. Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an 'April in Paris' ball.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Five Debutantes (1951) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Five Debutantes (1951) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Five members of the Debutante Cotillion rehearse for the Christmas Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hot...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Racing At Baden Baden, Germany, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features spectators dining in the open air as the horses go by at Baden Baden racecourse, Germany....
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
'Saint-Tropez Beach' SLIM AARONS Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
The beach, beautiful fashionable people, bikinis, vibrant coloured parasols, large sunglasses and glorious sunshine. ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edga...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
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...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association)...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost''
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A signpost in Nassau points the way to Rum Cay, Andros, Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Eleuthera, Exuma and the Current, May 1964. (Photo by Slim Aarons...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959.
Slim Aarons
Beauty and the Beast
19...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
'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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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
'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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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie'
A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
Gorgeous print measuring an extra large 40 x 30"...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Holiday in Capri, July 1958 - Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Holiday in Capri - Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Holiday in...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cert...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, framed
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Framed in white.
Slim Aarons
Penthouse Pool
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Relaxing by Palm Trees in Palm Beach by Atlantic Ocean
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Relaxing by Palm Trees in Palm Beach by Atlantic Ocean by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
'Scottsdale Home' Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Scottsdale Home'
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
Guests relax around the beautiful turquoise waters of the swimming pool of Wayn...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Safari Party at Romanoff's' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a fancy dress party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1950.
Slim Aarons
Safari Party at Romanoff's, 1950
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stampe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlto...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 6...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Portofino
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy's Ligurian coast.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipp...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Two young women, one wearing a kaftan, stepping onto a yacht on the waterfront at Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971.
30 x 20" inches ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Pool By The Sea' 1985 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea'
A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Harbour Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple relaxing at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
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Slim Aarons 'Racquet Club Pool' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Racquet Club Pool'
Swiss bandleader and restaurateur Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) with Dorothy Webb and Mrs. Charles Rogers in the pool at the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Barbados Bliss
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Barbados Bliss by Slim Aarons
Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, April 1976.
60 x 60 inches / 152 x 152 cm paper ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Verbier Vacation - Ski Resort Verbier Snowy Mountain Winter Alpine Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Verbier Vacation - Ski Resort Verbier Snowy Mountain Winter Alpine Landscape by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later
Please note that as part of the Estate's Premium Collection...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Late...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is pleased 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.
* 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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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 Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Racing at Baden-Baden - Horse Riding and Horse Racing at Racecourse in Germany
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Racing at Baden-Baden - Horse Riding and Horse Racing at Racecourse in Germany
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Racing at Baden...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
'Coral Beach' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Coral Beach'
A view of Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole Beach' 1991 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole Beach'
A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
Category
1990s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saint-Tropez Beach 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Beach 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Verbier View - Ski Season in Swiss Alpine Mountain Range Ski Resort Blue Skies
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Verbier View - Ski Season in Swiss Alpine Mountain Range Ski Resort Blue Skies by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
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