Slim Aarons Landscape 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
Skiers At Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This earl 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960.
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Skiers At Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This earl 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960.
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Skiing In Seefeld, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985.
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Skiing In Seefeld, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985.
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Skiing In Vermont, USA, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1963.
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Skiing In Vermont, USA, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1963.
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Slim Aarons, Skiing Waiters (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waiters, 1960
24 x 20 inches
Lambda print
Estate Edition of 150
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Dining At The Eagle Club, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photogra
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1969.
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Dining At The Eagle Club, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photogra
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1969.
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Villa d'Este, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boats on the waters near the Queen's Pavilion, the east wing of the Villa d'Este, on Lake Como, in Cernobbio, Italy, in June 1983. Numbered and stamped b...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
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Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
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Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
This is an esta...
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Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
This is an esta...
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Tyrolean Churches, Tyrol, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Tyrolean Churches, Tyrol, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Tyrolean Churches, Tyrol, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Tyrolean Churches, Tyrol, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Poolside Pairs, Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This coveted Slim Aarons photograph encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour, displayed in vibrant hues of yellow, white, and striking turquoise synonymous with the classic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Pool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Pool
1986 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Leisure In Antibesr'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Leisure In Antibes
1964 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tow...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Carlton Hotel' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
Slim Aarons
Carlton Hotel
Giclee print
Slim Aarons Estate 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
$3000
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 *
Slim Aarons photographed the Carlton Hotel, in Cannes, in 1958. The hotel was built in 1911, located at 58 La Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera. It was designed by architects Charles Dalmas and Marcellin Mayère and built for Henry Ruhl, a Swiss hotelier. It is famous for hosting movie stars from around the world during the annual Film Festival. Famously, the hotel was a central location for the Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. In 1970 it featured in the Peter Sellers/Goldie Hawn comedy There's a Girl in My Soup and exterior scenes were filmed at the entrance to the hotel and on the hotel beach. The hotel lobby scene and interior scenes were done on a film set. While staying at the Hotel Carlton during the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Academy Award winning movie star Grace Kelly had an arranged meeting and photo shoot with Prince Rainier III of Monaco; they married in 1956.
In the summer of 1983 the hotel and its private beach featured prominently in the music video for the Elton John song I'm Still Standing. (The video also appears in the 2019 film Rocketman.) During the shooting of the video the Carlton was the scene of a drunken party involving John and the band Duran Duran that has since become something of a legend at the hotel. Significant damages to the rooms in John's suite resulted.[2] Both exterior and interior shots appear in New Order's 1993 music video for the single, "World (The Price of Love)", and exterior shots of the front of the hotel and the jetty leading out of the beach appear in Steps´ 1999 music video for their single "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart".
The Carlton Cannes has been the target of several high-profile jewelry...
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Slim and Sphinx, Estate Edition: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at Shepheard's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard's night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. Two gold and turquoise sphinxes flank the DJ, who is posed behind two record players and before a glittering sculpture.
Hyatt is often credited as the first disco DJ in the US. Initially hired by Oliver Coquelin upon the opening of Le Club, Hyatt quickly became one of the most revered figures in the emerging disco scene. He also DJed at Doubles from 1984 to 1995, and has been called by the painter and bandleader Peter Duchin “the first discotheque artist in New York."
Slim and Sphinx, 1964
Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Chromogenic Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed Later
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Internal: Vintage New York, Vintage glamour, 60's glamour, Vintage DJ...
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Slim Aarons 'Mr & Mrs Donald Leas with Rolls Royce, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 1968: Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Las Vegas Luxury
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Sli...
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Monte Carlo, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Friends dressed in white board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
In this classic Slim Aarons scene of 1970's glamour, a chic white vintage fashion and turquoise upholstery a...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Culinary Heights, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and Albert Parveaux of 'Pralong 2000', Courchevel, France, April 1987.
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Crespi Family Members, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Left to right: Brando Crespi and daughter Chloe, with his sister Pilar Crespi Echavarria and her son Sebastian, at Monte Argentario Polo Club, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy, September...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Courchevel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Courchevel
1970
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Poolside Party (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Printed Later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure 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 *
Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Pool At Villa Gli Arieti, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The pool at the Villa Gli Arieti, home of Lamberto Micangeli, in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. In the distance is his daughter Marina's 16th century castle, To...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons, Funk In Tuscany
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Funk In Tuscany, 1969
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Marta Marzotta playing a James Brown album on an Italian Brio...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Leisure in Antibes', framed
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
Leisure in Antibes...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Sea Drive Estate Edition Seascape with Amphicar in Nassau
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nassau, 1967: In 'Sea Drive,' a genuine Slim Aarons estate edition photograph, film producer Kevin McClory, his wife, Bobo Sigrist, and their family enjoy a leisurely drive in a vibrant red vintage Amphicar across the scenic turquoise Nassau harbour. This idyllic 1967 scene embodies Slim Aarons signature style, mixing casual glamour and vintage cool; the unique midcentury charm of this iconic landscape is completed with a pink parasol.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print
Modern printing from original transparency
Captured 1964, printed later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate.
This is a genuine Slim Aarons Estate photograph, estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924[1] – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film Thunderball, popular in the 60s and 70s.
Internal: The location for Slim Aarons midcentury photograph, Sea Drive, is Vintage Nassau, which fits curated collections for Vintage Yachting, Vintage Boating, modern graphic, midcentury modern, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Sport Photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, the sun-kissed home away from home for titans of literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). Two female bathers in black sunhats enjoy a holiday in bikini and topless styles, against the rocks. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Palm Beach Street (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
C print
12 x 10 inches
Framed
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticit...
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1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim and Sphinx, Estate Edition: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at Shepheard's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard's night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. Two gold and turquoise sphinxes flank the DJ, who is posed behind two record players and before a glittering sculpture.
Hyatt is often credited as the first disco DJ in the US. Initially hired by Oliver Coquelin upon the opening of Le Club, Hyatt quickly became one of the most revered figures in the emerging disco scene. He also DJed at Doubles from 1984 to 1995, and has been called by the painter and bandleader Peter Duchin “the first discotheque artist in New York."
Slim and Sphinx, 1964
Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Chromogenic Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed Later
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Porto Ercole, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boats in the harbour of Porto Ercole (Port'Ercole), Tuscany, August 1967.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Cert...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons, 'Beach at St Tropez' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
Slim Aarons
Beach at St Tropez
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambd...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lake Worth
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vibrant purple twilight sky over the Lake Worth inlet, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
24 x 24 inches
$3000
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the deserted ...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mou...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
This is an est...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Cavallo Bathers, Corsica, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the allure of the Mediterranean with this iconic Slim Aarons genuine Estate Edition photograph, capturing topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the pristine island of ...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'On The Sugarbush Slopes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
On The Sugarbush Slopes
1960
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of people relaxing in a chalet in the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in New England, in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Taking pictures of the rich and famous both before and after serving as a photographer for the US military magazine Yank during World War II. His work has been included in the publications Town and Country, Holiday, Venture and LIFE.
Aarons was known for the positive portrayals he gave to the people he photographed and was invited to high-society gatherings for exactly this reason. His subject matter covered American and European society as well as nobility and both minor and major stars of the day.
Print is also available in 30 x 30", 40 x...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Cannes Watersports, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step back in time to the sunlit shores of the French Riviera with Slim Aarons' Cannes Watersports. This exquisite photograph captures the quintessential spirit of the 1950s holiday g...
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1950s Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Saint-Tropez Boucherie, French Riviera, Estate Edition Photograph, Classic Red
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover the quintessence of French Riviera charm in Slim Aarons' iconic photograph, 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie,' on Rue des Commercants, Saint-Tropez, 1971. This image is a beautiful i...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Positano Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Kaufmann Desert House, Poolside Pairs
1970
C Print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House i...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, The High Life (Mid-century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The High Life
1968
C print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat w...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Franco Zeffirelli, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, Film director Franco Zeffirelli at his home, Tre Ville, in Positano, Italy.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Guests At Villa Nirvana
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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C Print
Poolside Pairs (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C Print
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 150
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, de...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Hôtel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and sta...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons landscape photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons landscape photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of landscape 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, pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in digital print, lambda print, laser 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 landscape photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Robert Farber, Sean Scully, and Deborah Eddy. Slim Aarons landscape photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $550 and tops out at $21,150, while the average work can sell for $3,350.