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Realist Figurative Photography

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
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1980s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,000
Japan – Kimya-Bashi (Bridge), Nagasaki w/ 2 rickshaws – Hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: circa 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm); hand numbered 64 in negative and captioned at lower left; light cockling at top left co...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – Kimya-Bashi (Bridge), Nagasaki w/ 2 rickshaws – Hand-colored photograph

Japan – Kimya-Bashi (Bridge), Nagasaki w/ 2 rickshaws – Hand-colored photograph, 1890

$550
Modern fine art photography still-life on premium paper "Coffee with Madonna""
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Title: "Coffee with Madonna" Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed) Limited Edition Each photograph is ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern fine art photography still-life on premium paper "Coffee with Madonna""
Modern fine art photography still-life on premium paper "Coffee with Madonna""

Mougenot Natalya
Modern fine art photography still-life on premium paper "Coffee with Madonna"", 2025

$268 Sale Price
20% Off
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain. This is an...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1978 - Printed Later

$2,400
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain. This is an...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1978 - Printed Later

$1,800
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain. This is an...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1978 - Printed Later

$3,600
Japan – Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton) – Hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton/battledore/shuttlecock), studio photograph. Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton) – Hand-colored photograph

Japan – Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton) – Hand-colored photograph, 1890

$400
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA. T...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958 - Printed Later

$1,800
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two people horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1966 - Printed Later

$2,400
Japan, Girls Playing on Konkonchiki Game, original photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), numbered B 1085 and captioned in negative at lower right. Tiny in-negative defects creating white spots. Unmounted;...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan, Girls Playing on Konkonchiki Game, original photograph

Japan, Girls Playing on Konkonchiki Game, original photograph, 1890

$375
Modern fine art beach house photo on matte premium paper "Blue House"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Blue House " (2025) Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed) Edition: Limited Edition of 50 Signed on the ba...
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2010s Realist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern fine art beach house photo on matte premium paper "Blue House"
Modern fine art beach house photo on matte premium paper "Blue House"

Mougenot Natalya
Modern fine art beach house photo on matte premium paper "Blue House", 2025

$268 Sale Price
20% Off
Japan – Woman in winter outfit with umbrella (background of Mt. Fuji)
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/4 x 8 inches (259 x 201 mm), unmounted; light cockling at corners. [Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 468]. A young wom...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – Woman in winter outfit with umbrella (background of Mt. Fuji)

Ogawa Kumakasa
Japan – Woman in winter outfit with umbrella (background of Mt. Fuji), 1885

$400
Portrait of a Woman with Teapot, 1970s Pittsburgh Black White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling 1970s black and white photograph of a contemplative woman leaning on a table into her crossed arms, beside a small teapot that casts a long sha...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a Woman with Teapot, 1970s Pittsburgh Black White Photograph
Portrait of a Woman with Teapot, 1970s Pittsburgh Black White Photograph

Portrait of a Woman with Teapot, 1970s Pittsburgh Black White Photograph, 1974

$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Japan – A costumed Geisha on stage - hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 498 in negative; pencil inscription in Japanese on verso. Light scratch in negati...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – A costumed Geisha on stage - hand-colored photograph
Japan – A costumed Geisha on stage - hand-colored photograph

Ogawa Kumakasa
Japan – A costumed Geisha on stage - hand-colored photograph, 1885

$400
Japan – Deshima, Nagasaki – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: 1890s. Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), captioned in negative at lower right. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounti...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – Deshima, Nagasaki – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph

Tamamura Kōzaburō
Japan – Deshima, Nagasaki – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph, 1890

$400
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$3,000
Japan – Geisha, Kago Travelling Chair
Located in Middletown, NY
Original Photograph / Photographer unattributed Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (197 x 260 mm), numbered B 86 and captioned caption on lowe...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan – Geisha, Kago Travelling Chair

Japan – Geisha, Kago Travelling Chair, 1885

$250
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Pal...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition, 1970 - printed later

$3,900
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs. A. Watson Armour III walking with her poodles on her Lake Forest Estate, Illinois, USA. T...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$2,400
Cooly, drawing Jinrikisha (Rickshaw)
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 inches (195 x 252 mm), pasted onto a gold-edged board with caption hand-written in black ink.
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Cooly, drawing Jinrikisha (Rickshaw)

Cooly, drawing Jinrikisha (Rickshaw), 1880

$450
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA. T...
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958 - Printed Later

$2,400
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
Category

1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$5,400
Bettina Graziani with a small yacht, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, Estate Ed.
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Visual description: This iconic photograph features a woman in a green bikini swimsuit and yellow hair wrap leading a small boat with a red and white sail and sunfish logo. In the background is a bright white villa and small sculptural trees, in crisp contrast to the sparkling water turquoise pool. The bright red diagonal strips of the boat's sail draw the eye down and across the picture to figure, who creates small waves as she wades through the blue water towards the right edge of the picture plane, creating an overall satisfying sense of cheerful motion and activity. Slim Aarons Bettina Graziani Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Collector will get the next number in the edition 60 x 60 inches $5100 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 16 x 16 inches $2150 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons French Fashion Model, Vintage European Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Boating, Vintage Holiday...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Bettina Graziani with a small yacht, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, Estate Ed.
Bettina Graziani with a small yacht, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, Estate Ed.

Slim Aarons
Bettina Graziani with a small yacht, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, Estate Ed., 1964

$5,400
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$1,800
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia s Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$2,400
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,900
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. Collector will get the next number in the edition 72 x 48 inches $4900 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1978

$3,900
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1952 - printed later

$3,000
Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1967, Printed Later

$1,800
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs. A. Watson Armour III walking with her poodles on her Lake Forest Estate, Illinois, USA. T...
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,600
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$1,800
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$4,200
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$1,800
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$3,600
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$1,800
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, 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 woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico. This ...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,000
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, 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 woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico. This ...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$2,400
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mercedes Herrera de Benacerraf at her villa 'Quinta Mercedes', Formentor, Spain. This is...
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1980s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1987 - printed later

$1,800
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Pal...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Slim Aarons Saint-Tropez Boucherie (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A boucherie on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Slim Aarons St-Tropez Boucherie Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency 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 * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Internal: Vintage Saint-Tropez, Vintage French Riviera photography...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Saint-Tropez Boucherie (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Saint-Tropez Boucherie (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1971

$4,200
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$4,200
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$1,800
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$5,400
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$5,400
Slim Aarons Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974, Printed Later 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 Comp...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1974

$4,200
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,900
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$5,400
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,600
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,000
Hotel Olden, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Urban Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people carrying their skis past the Hotel Olden in Gstaad, 1961. This is an estate stamped...
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1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Hotel Olden, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Urban Landscape Photograph
Hotel Olden, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Urban Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hotel Olden, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Urban Landscape Photograph, 1961, printed later

$3,600
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$2,400
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,000
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$4,200
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
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1980s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$3,600
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$3,000
Harbour Isle Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Harbour Isle Beach
Harbour Isle Beach

Slim Aarons
Harbour Isle Beach, 1973

$1,800
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph Home of the Colonel William Terrill (CSA) Roanoke Virginia, original period s...
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1870s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Ink, Silver Gelatin

Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph

Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph, 1870-1880

$1,200 Sale Price
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