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, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
1976
C print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Guests standing by a white Rol...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Polo Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America's foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Bu...
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1980s American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Natale Rusconi' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Natale Rusconi'
Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 19...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Socialites' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Socialites'
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Plantation Cocoyer' 1981 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Plantation Cocoyer'
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Donald Leas' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Donald Leas'
April 1968: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper siz...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'North Conway Sleigh
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
North Conway Sleigh
1955 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
1955, An open sleigh taking skiers to Cran...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Salvador Dali, ' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Salvador Dali, 1959, Printed Later
Lambda C-print
Estate Edition of 150
circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball in N...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Porto Rotondo'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Pool At Porto Rotondo
1982
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A sw...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, 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 family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
All Mine
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan.
Slim Aarons Archi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, On The Slopes Of Sugarbush (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, 1960
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Verm...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Port Life (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man stops to watch a young woman tie her sandals on the pavement in Portofino marina, August 1977.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Saint-Tropez Boucherie (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, 1971.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The Bahamas Speed ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Scotti's Yacht
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti's yacht, 'Scotland Cay', Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Esther Williams by the Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams by the Pool, 1955
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the poo...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Fruit Cocktail (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Fruit Cocktail, 1968
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Mrs Charles Rogers sits on a submerged bar stool in the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Cl...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
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
La Concha Beach Club (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
La Concha Beach Club, 1975
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Black Pearl Trippers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henry B. Cabot Jr. (standing, centre) with his son Henry Bromfield Cabot III and their host Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III (in striped shirt) aboard the brigantine 'Black Pearl', ci...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Neo-Classical Pool' 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Neo-Classical Pool' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Board...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Friendly Chat'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Friendly Chat
1968 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-201...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features model turned fashion editor turned society hostess, Florence Pritchett Smith, covers her sleevel...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
La Concha Clientele
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
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Undercurrent Projects is prou...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
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...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Snorkelling in the Shallows - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
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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Lambda
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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Lambda
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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Lambda
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives.
All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty.
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Please note that as part of the Estate's Collection, the price of this Stamped image will increase by 15% once it reaches edition 75/150, by a further 30% from edition 100/150, and a further 45% from edition 145/150.
"Poolside...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Slim Aarons 'Cranmore, Slopes and Trails'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cranmore Slopes and Trails
1955
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, 1955.
Estate stamped and h...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Friendship' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. At centre, left is actress Lita Baro...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Exotic Hair Care - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Las Vegas Luxury - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sundowners, Estate Edition, Carlton Hotel, Cannes, French Riviera Architecture
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Taken outside the Carlton Hotel in 1958, this photograph by Slim Aarons portrays two holidaymakers in colorful vintage bikinis pausing for a glass of ro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Volleyball in Santa Barbara, 1975 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
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
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Slim Arrives' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Photographer Slim Aarons arrives by plane, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Slim Arrives
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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1940s Realist Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
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
Backgammon Players - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary pr...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967
Produced from the original tran...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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C Print
Society Artist, 1960 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives.
All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty.
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Pousada dos Buzios" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons.
See also "Buzios" in the gallery listings. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. This image from August 1975...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
'Villa Vera Acapulco' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968
This was printed later.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authentici...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
NEW Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests relax by the swimming pool at Lilly Pulitzer's pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Lilly Pulitzer is seen at centre (wearing headscarf) on the lap of her husband, Pet...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Actors in Antibes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Actors in Antibes
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Actors Kirk Douglas (left), Louis Jourdan an...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1982 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons, Party in Bermuda (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Party in Bermuda, 1979
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A party on the deck of the yacht 'Ondine' in Bermuda, June 1970.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel d...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
1940s Modern Slim Aarons Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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