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
Gloria Schiff
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.
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Gloria Schiff
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.
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In Vogue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vogue magazine editor Topsy Taylor, a visitor to Acapulco, circa 1966.
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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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 t...
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Acapulco Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Architect Arturo Pani and his wife by their swimming pool at home in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Slim Aarons, Backgammon by the Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon by the Pool, 1957
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary Beth-Turner play backgammon by a swimming pool in Palm ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
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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Francine Brandt, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico.
This is an estate stamped and ha...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D'Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Yachting in Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Yachting in Newport
1965 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: J. Gordon Douglas, Jr. (left) and American s...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957.
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Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Esther Williams
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956.
40 x 40 inches
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30 x 30 inches
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20 x 20 inches
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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
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. He's also been credited with inspiring the sun-soaked, escapist style of top Instagram influencers.
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.”
* 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).
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Yachting In Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Newport Party
1965 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Mrs. Michael McDonough (née Pandy Strawbridge) dan...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Villa In Sotogrande'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Villa at Sotogrande
1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Alfonso Zobel De Ayala at a vill...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Portofino Villa (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Portofino Villa, 1977. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, t...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons Cortina D'Ampezzo (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
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Cortina D'Ampezzo
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Katherine Hepburn
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
Slim Aarons
Poolside Backgammon
1972
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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'Pool At Las Brisas' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Brisas' 1972
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print
by Slim Aarons
'Pool At Las Brisas' by Slim Aarons Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Two beautiful young women in bikinis...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Skiing Holiday - Slim Aarons - Gstaad - 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print (to 150 only)
by Slim Aarons
American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Taormina, Sicily' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Taormina, Sicily, Italy, March 1963, Printed Later
Lambda C-print
Estate Edition of 150
The coastal town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy, March 1963
Estate stamped and han...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Speedboat Landing
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. A modern classic...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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'Saint Tropez' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint Tropez' Slim Aarons Estate Edition (to 150 only)
Numbered & emboss stamped on front.
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971.
In his word...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Tania Mallet in the Bahamas, Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a brilliant red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bon...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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'Beverly Hills Hotel' *SUPERSIZE* Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Hotel' by Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Edition Print.
Numbered in ink to 150 only on front and emboss stamped on front.
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Beautiful classic cars parked outside the iconic Hotel, surrounded by giant palm trees, bathed in s soft glow light...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate St...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
'Yachting Trip' HUGE Oversize Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Yachting Trip'
LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED print - limited to 150 only.
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Augus...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
'Marbella House Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella House Party' 1980 Italy by Slim Aarons
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
(Photo by ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
'Roof Top Pool' Monte Carlo (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Roof Top Pool' by Slim Aarons
An exquisite Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate stamped and issued C Print.
limited to 150 only
Gorgeous print measuring a large Oversize 24 x 20 inc...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
'Roof Top Pool' Monte Carlo (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Roof Top Pool' by Slim Aarons
A woman by the pool on the roof of the Loews Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975.
A young woman wearing a fashionable black bikini and large sung...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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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...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Nirvana 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nirvana'
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay, 1st February 1972.
A simply stunning scene; showing stylish guests enjoying the Mex...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Klosters 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Klosters'
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Laura Hawk amid the ancient Greek ruins of Paestum, on the Gulf of Salerno
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Laura Hawk amid the ancient Greek ruins of Paestum, on the Gulf of Salerno, 1984.
Slim Aarons
Laura Hawk in Paestum
40 x 60 inches
Slim Aarons Estate Stam...
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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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
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Pool at Las Brisas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An underwater view of the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, France (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969
Slim Aarons
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969
Chromogenic Lambda Pr...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons, 'Mady de la Houssaye' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mady de la Houssaye in Martinique, March 1973.
Slim Aarons
Mady de la Houssaye, Martinique, March 1973
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentar...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Chicago Poet, Gwendolyn Brooks (Limited Edition Estate Stamped)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago, 1960.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Pool In St Tropez'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Pool In St Tropez
1970
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Guests around the pool at a villa in S...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Adriatic Sailors, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons, 'Adriatic Sailors'
1956
Young holidaymakers from Milan enjoy a sail on the Adriatic, 1956.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenti...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957.
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Cliffside Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Clifftop Pool, 1971
Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis' villa 'La Barranca', Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Stocking Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II' , Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964.
Over the course of a career lasting half a cent...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Hotel Du Cap
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Hotel Du Cap, 1969
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Ed...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Backgammon
1972
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obreg...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right)
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
Palm Springs Party...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Yacht Holiday 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Yacht Holiday'
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967.
A group of topless bronzed young women captured from the back are seen enjoying the Spanis...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing, 1973
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Estate stamped an...
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1970s Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Poolside Backgammon, Estate Edition (Vintage Acapulco, Villa Nirvana Las Brisas)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests playing a game of poolside backgammon at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
Poolside Backgammon
Villa Nirvana, Las Brisas, Acap...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
'Family Pool' Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1960: Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons
Visual description: This iconic photograph features a charming, ivy-dotted pagoda and brilliant foliage, in crisp contrast to a shimmering turquoise pool. Umbrellas and deck chairs in green and tomato red accent the pool deck, and a bright red float draws the eye down the stairs and across the picture plane.
Slim Aarons
Family Pool
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
60 x 60 inches
$5100
48 x 48 inches
$4500
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
16 x 16 inches
$2150
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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 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 Lake Forest, Vintage Poolside Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Vintage Holiday, 60s, vintage Illinois...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'The High Life'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The High Life
1977 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: August 1977: Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes o...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Laura Hawk amid the ruins of Paestum, Gulf of Salerno, Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Laura Hawk amid the ancient Greek ruins of Paestum, on the Gulf of Salerno, 1984.
Slim Aarons
Laura Hawk in Paestum
20 x 30 inches
Slim Aarons Estate Stamp...
Category
1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative photography 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, purple, green and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, silver gelatin print, digital 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 figurative photography, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Neal Slavin, and Bob Gruen. Slim Aarons figurative photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,350 and tops out at $7,015, while the average work can sell for $2,750.