Slim Aarons Portrait 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
Pulitzer Fashions - American Floral and Summer Print Fashions under Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pulitzer Fashions - American Floral and Summer Print Fashions under Palm Trees by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A young skier prefers to ca...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Bathing Beauties by Swimming Pool with Cocktails
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Bathing Beauties by Swimming Pool with Cocktails by Slim Aarons
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 by 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons.
Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. 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 Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society
Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woman in 18th...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Su...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
'Snowmass Picnic' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Picnic (1967) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty mile...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, C Print
Droulers And Daughters (1984) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Droulers And Daughters (1984) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Roberta Droulers sitting with her daughters, Nathalie and Virginie, in the lobby of the Villa D...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Monocled Miss, Estate Edition (German model Renata Boeck in 1960s New York)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German fashion model Renata Boeck (wearing a monocle) enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. She is wearing a black monocle and a fur-lined turquoise robe as she reads the morning paper, propped up against sumptuous yellow pillows. Morning light pours through the sheer curtains...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Dolores Del Rio by the Pool, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Poolside Portrait
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 - 1983, centre) lounges by the pool with Micki Salle, a friend and a poodle, Acapulco, 1952.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton,
in southeastern France, 1957.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Sea Drive, 1967 - Vintage Red Automobile Amphibi-car in American Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sea Drive, 1967 - Vintage Red Automobile Amphibi-car in American Waters by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Please ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Dinner Jazz
Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome
Black and White Pho...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
'Golfing Pals' (1977) - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals (1977) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, C Print
Daddy Bear - Ski Lodge Style in Snowy Winter Alpine Mountain Range Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Daddy Bear - Ski Lodge Style in Snowy Winter Alpine Mountain Range Landscape by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stam...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Californian Party, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco.
This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: From left to right, Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
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.
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
20 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 Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951.
This is an est...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hugh Hefner'
American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of 'Playboy' magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1961.
40 x 30" inch...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pool On Amalfi Coast 1984 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pool On Amalfi Coast - Oversize
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
Kennedy And Friends
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons
Kennedy And Friends
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Tiger Morse' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Tiger Morse
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Tiger Morse in feathered mask sits in the 'A la Carte' shop, New York.
48 x 48 inches
$4500
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inche...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle.
Slim Aarons
Pink Accessory, Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print
1955, Printed Later...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers making their way between the slopes in Kitzbühel, Austria.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
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 Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983.
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Ski Sports in Swiss Alpine Snowy Mountain Range
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Ski Sports in Swiss Alpine Snowy Mountain Range by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Skier...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young debutantes in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1968.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x20'' ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Lunch At Bali-li (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lunch At Bali-li (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Mr and Mrs Amos Morrill and Mrs Ogden P. Starr having lunch at ‘Bali-li’ at the Mill Reef Club, Antig...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia,...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees,
San Diego, California, October ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a s...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Killer Joe Piro (1964) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Killer Joe Piro (1964) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
American dance instructor ‘Killer’ Joe Piro (1921 – 1989) dances past the park in New York,
July 1964.
...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974.
20 x 30 inches
$3000
20 x 24 inches
$2500
16 x 20 inches
$2150
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach,
Florida, circa 19...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment, Color
San Vicenzo, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1984, Donna Stefanella Vanni Calvello di San Vicenzo in the Hall of Mirrors at her family's palazzo in Palermo, Sicily. The focal point of Sicilian Belle-Epoque society, this eightee...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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A Friendly Chat, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a man wearing diving equipment talking with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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A Friendly Chat, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a man wearing diving equipment talking with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
A Friendly Chat, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a man wearing diving equipment talking with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Beach Near Portinatx, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a beach near Portinatx, Ibiza, Spain.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Beach Near Portinatx, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a beach near Portinatx, Ibiza, Spain.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Beach Near Portinatx, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a beach near Portinatx, Ibiza, Spain.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Annette Glatzel in Ibiza (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Abaco Holiday, 1986
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Dolores Guinness in Porto Cervo (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness in Porto Cervo (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smere...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim ...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara,
California,...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Majestic pine trees frame the bright turquoise pool, and vintage holidaymakers are shaded by fringed pastel umbrellas. The Sierra Nevada mountains rise in the background over Lake Tahoe.
Slim Aarons
Pool at Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed later
Collector gets 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).
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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