Slim Aarons Art
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
Brunch at Brennan
s, 1960 - Brunch Under Palm Trees at Indoor Garden Restaurant
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Brunch at Brennan's, 1960 - Brunch Under Palm Trees at Indoor Garden Restaurant
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Lat...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Zermatt Skiing, 1980 - Matterhorn Photograph Swiss Ski Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Zermatt Skiing, 1980 - Matterhorn Photograph Swiss Ski Landscape Photograph by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Zerm...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Surfing Brothers - All-American Watersports Surfing Brothers Surf Blue Waves
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Surfing Brothers - All-American Watersports Surfing Brothers Surf Blue Waves by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Leisure And Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
unframed
c typ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Fishing Boats, 1952 - Wooden Fishing Boats on Sandy Shoreline in Mexico by Sea
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Fishing Boats, 1952 - Wooden Fishing Boats on Sandy Shoreline in Mexico by Sea by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 15...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Sta...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
unframed
Silver gelatin print
pr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
Out Islands - Luxury Charter Yachts Bahamas Daytrip Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Out Islands - Luxury Charter Yachts Bahamas Daytrip Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Out Islands' is...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. K...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Chantilly Racecourse 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chantilly Racecourse 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Chantilly Racecourse in France, 1956.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Ph...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967.
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Co...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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 Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Lunch At Bali-li 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lunch At Bali-li 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mr and Mrs Amos Morrill and Mrs Ogden P. Starr having lunch at ‘Bali-li’ at the Mill Reef Club, Antigua in the West Indies, 1960
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Kasimir Korybut Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kasimir Korybut
1971
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971
unfra...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
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 Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Helen
Nelda by the Pool, 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 former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons - New York Picnic - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New York Picnic
A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline, 1952.
Gorgeous print measuring a large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm's.
E...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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 Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Courchevel
1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel'
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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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.
'S...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons
Caleta Beach, Acapulco
1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Caleta Beach, Acapulco'
A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Tyrolean Churches, 1990 - Italian and German Alpine Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Tyrolean Churches, 1990 - Italian and German Alpine Winter Landscape
16" x 20" print
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Tyrolean Churches' is a L...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Snorkelling In The Shallows 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling In The Shallows 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
Estate St...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
South Africa Swimming Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
South Africa Swimming Pool
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A luxury house in South Africa with stairs leading to the swimming pool in the garden, 1958.
unf...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Riva Boats Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Riva Boats Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, 1969 in front of four Riva motorboats.
30 x ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Society Artist, 1960 - Portrait of American Socialite Tish Massie in her Studio
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Society Artist, 1960 - Portrait of American Socialite Tish Massie in her Studio
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Society Artis...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Palm Beach Street 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Donald Leas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
30 x 30" inches / 76...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Oberon’s Lunch 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon’s Lunch 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Film star Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facin...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Decked in Finery - Diamond Parure Jewellery New Year
s Party Romanoff Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Decked in Finery - Diamond Parure Jewellery New Year's Party Romanoff Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later....
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital
San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estat...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Daniel Gainey 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Daniel Gainey 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm pa...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Laguna Beach 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A beachside garden in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Main Street Lech - Austrian Landscape Winter Ski Resort Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Main Street Lech - Austrian Landscape Winter Ski Resort Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Main Street...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach,
Florida, USA, 1955.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size:...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Cortina dAmpezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina dAmpezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
Es...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper s...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Minnie Cushing 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Minnie Cushing 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965.
20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Capri Bay 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capri Bay 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Araglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, circa 1958.
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Scone Madam - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly Hills.
40 x 60" in...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Mara Lane At The Sands 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped [PHOTO NEEDS CHANGING]
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 19...
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Archival Pigment
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Katharine Hepburn 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959.
20 x ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
Capote At Home 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capote At Home 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. 1958...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Nice Pool 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Gre...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at their home, the Manoir du ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a seco...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Merle Oberon 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai, in the garden of their home in A...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Promenade 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Promenade 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A fashion show at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1961
12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collec...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Caped Skiers 1967- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caped Skiers 1967- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Led by skimaster Stein Eriksen, skiers ‘sail’ down a slope at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado, circa 1967. The skiers are wearing thin cape...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Deck Dwellers 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Deck Dwellers 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
General view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht ‘Traveler II’, off the coast of Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1967.
2...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
On The Beach In Bermuda 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Beach In Bermuda 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collect...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Drinks 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Drinks 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests around the pool at Dorothy Laughlin’s Santa Barbara home.
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cecily Godfrey 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cecily Godfrey 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Cecily Godfrey relaxes by the pool at her home in Hong Kong, 1979. Her husband Gerald is Vice-President of the Court of Appeal in Ho...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in c print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons art, so small editions measuring 30 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Pico Garcez. Slim Aarons art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,230, while the average work can sell for $3,950.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. 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. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he 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. 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. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.