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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 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...
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole, Italy (Red, Blue, Turquoise, Green)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Rich red and royal blue umbrellas dot a white sand beach, off translucent turquoise waters. In the lower left, lush green foliage overhangs the beach. Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto Ecole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy 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. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of 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, Porto Ercole, Italy, Il Pelicano, Vintage Glamour, 70s photography...
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1970s American Realist 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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Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955 Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Estate stamped and...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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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...
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1970s Modern 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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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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Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's. Comp...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Keep Your Cool 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with F...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Slim Aarons Venice Gondolas Chromogenic Lambda print Printe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy 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. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of 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, Porto Ercole, Italy, Il Pelicano...
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1970s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Family Pool' (Slim Aarons 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 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 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of 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...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) in a characteristic pose with his trademark walking-stick in vibrant purple dress. In the background, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix, with white and sepia-toned curtains and classic photographs on display. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Salvador Dali: Take It, 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum...
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1970s Surrealist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Tennis in the Bahamas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Tennis in the Bahamas, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 1957—Two women stand talking to...
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1950s American 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: Drena Van Alen aboard Walter Gubelmann's yac...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons, School Riding (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Girls of Foxcroft School, near Middleburg, Virginia wait at the stables for their horses. Foxcroft is considered to be the elite of America's private schools. Circa 1960 Slim Aarons...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino relaxing in a boat on a small lake in the grounds of the Villa Tasca d'Almerita in Sicily, Italy, in October 1984. Slim Aarons Fabrizia Lanza di Ma...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Skaal House, On The Slopes In Stowe' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Five people relaxing on the te...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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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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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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'Dali's Party' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking stick and wearing a mustache, and the woman smiles with mischief, wearing extraordinary mid-century dress and jewels. In Dali's work and life, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Dali's Party, 1959 (Salvador Dali in New York) Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 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 * Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Salvador...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Skaal House Night In Stowe' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Five people relaxing on the te...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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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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Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Verbier Skier 1964 C print Estate edition of 150 A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Snorkeling Holiday (Turks and Caicos) Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Snorkeling Holiday (Turks and Caicos), 1975 Chromogenic lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons Winter Wear, Cortina d'Ampezzo (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption:Manuela Bormanero and a friend holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Poolside Backgammon, Estate Edition, 1970s 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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Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, Poolside Landscape with Acropolis, Athens Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons’s Penthouse Pool captures a sunlit moment of casual glamour at the Canellopoulos penthouse pool in Athens, Greece. Taken in July 1961, the photograph shows a group of you...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Princess Pia Ruspoli Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Pia Ruspoli holidays on the exclusive Moritorio Island in Sardinia, September 1978. Princess Pia Ruspoli Italy 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 60 inches Estate signatur...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons, Sundowners (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Sundowners, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glas...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons, Skiing Waiters
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, circa 19...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Madame Jean Serpieri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown which belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece...
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Slim Aarons 'Skiing at Sugarbush'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Skiing at Sugarbush 1960 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost''
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Bahamas Signpost 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A signpost in Nassau points the way to...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Verbier Skier, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verbier Skier, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This mid-1960s winter portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a blonde skier on the slopes at ...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Alpine Skiing (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Slim Aarons Venice Gondolas Chromogenic Lambda print Printe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Penthouse Pool 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. 40 x 40” / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Cee Zee Guest
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cee Zee Guest Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm ...
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Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 2...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Fan Mail, Marilyn Monroe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Fan Mail 1952 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negl...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Monocled Miss' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons Monocled...
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Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New England Skiing 1955 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Two women recline on improvised su...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Skiing Waiters (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Free Shipping
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, circa 1960. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New England Skiing 1955 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Re...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Ladies'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and f...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Monte Carlo 1975 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons : Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's. Esta...
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Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo Riva'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Monte Carlo 1975 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Verbier Skier 1964 C print Estate edition of 150 A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A skier carrying his boots in Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing 1955 (printed later) C-print Estate stamped and hand number...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
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Tennis in the Bahamas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957—Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Slim Aarons Tennis in the Bahamas, ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Family Pool' (Slim Aarons 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 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 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of 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...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Kennedy and Friends'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1953: Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Venice Gondolas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Slim Aarons Venice Gondolas Chromogenic Lambda print Printe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography

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Speedboat Landing, Porto Ercole, Estate Edition, Seascape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy, as figures on the boat and dock enjoy a moment of understated elegance. Shot from above, this midcentury photogr...
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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.

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