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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Alan Herr
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Dining In Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961.
This is an estate stam...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1959.
Additional Information:
Unframed
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel,
New York, 1964.
Add...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 ...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Premium Collection Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Pr...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline.
This ...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Beauty and the Beast
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Sports Car Couple
(Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
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.
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.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
* 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 *
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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 Vintage Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Britt Ekland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stampe...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Nu...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Skiing In St. Moritz, 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 Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland.
This is an estate ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines (1905 – 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 – 1964) on trombone playing with the ‘Rhythm Kings’. Hines and Teargarden play in Armstrong’s ‘All-Stars’ band.
November 1948
About this Image:
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons
This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
This 1960 portrait photograph, captured by society ph...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Family Pool (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Pool (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera, ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Christma...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Pousada dos Buzios' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century American photographer Slim Aarons.
Friends and acquaintances lying by the swimming pool at Pousada dos Buzios in Brazil are photographed by Slim Aarons. The man pictured is Italian restaurateur Stefano Monti.
Just east of Rio de Janiero city is Buzios, formerly a quiet little fishing village and since the 1960s a bustling, animated, and absolutely upscale seaside resort, littered with fine restaurants, boutiques, and posh pousadas.
Pictured here is one such pousada. Also found in Portugal, pousadas offer a blend between luxury hotel and intimate family-run inn.
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.
Both 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' were taken in this location. The similarities between 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' are most evident in the subjects: the female sunbather wearing a black and white swimsuit with the straw sunhat appears to be in both scenes, and the female sunbather with short hair wearing the leopard print bikini appears similarly in both scenes.
This image from August 1975...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
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...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terra...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, 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 ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Eye of the Beholder, 1974 - Bronze Bathing Beauties Suntanning on French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eye of the Beholder, 1974 - Bronze Bathing Beauties Suntanning on French Riviera by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes,
France, 1958.
Additional Information:
Unframe...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Via Veneto - Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Via Veneto - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983) and a lady friend standing on the Via Ve...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Family Snapper (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Wa...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Courchevel, France, 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 a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Minnie and Dru Montagu - Couple Poses for Photograph on Sandy Beach under Palms
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Minnie and Dru Montagu - Couple Poses for Photograph on Sandy Beach under Palms by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 1...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Ice Bar Lech, 1960 - Austrian Ski Photography Winter Sports Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Ice Bar Lech, 1960" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Bianca Volpato (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bianca Volpato (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Bianca Volpato poses in front of the Temple of Love on the island of Capri,
Italy, 1958.
Additional Informa...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Andros Island (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Andros Island (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoys a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros,
Bahamas, 1957.
Additional Informat...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Tha...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lake Tahoe Ladies (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe,
1959.
Additional Informat...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Hotel C...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Al Fresco Tea (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son,
July 1961.
Add...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Loun...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house,
Milan, November 1948....
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Pussyfooting (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pussyfooting (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Actress Dee Hartford, the wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot – a mixture of Jamaican fruit ju...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco with producer Charles K...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
St Tropez Garden
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant woman poses in a garden in St Tropez, August 1977.
20 x 30 inches
$3000
20 x 24 inches
$2500
16 x 20 inches
$2150
10 x 12 inches
$1350
Complimentary dealer shipping t...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Alice Topping, 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 Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stam...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
An Anxious Wait (1951) -Silver Gelatin Fibre Print -Estate Stamped Issue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). 2nd April 1951: American actress, Gloria Swanson, anxiously awaits the results of the Best Actress award at a cafe on West ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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 ...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Leisure in Antibes, 1969 - Red Bikini and Red Motorboat in French Riviera Water
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Leisure in Antibes, 1969 - Red Bikini and Red Motorboat in French Riviera Water by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later....
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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