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
Saks Fashion Show - High Society Fashion Show in New York Hotel Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saks Fashion Show - High Society Fashion Show in New York Hotel Photograph by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Sak...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only).
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
France
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
6...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Athina Livanos Onassis (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
First wife of Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis, Athina Livanos Onassis, at Palm Beach after her divorce, April, 1968.
Estate stamped and hand numbe...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Winter Wear, Estate Edition, Cortina d
Ampezzo, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976
Two women in festive sweaters, vintage colorful red and striped leggings, and glamorous furry boots...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Courchevel
1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel'
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Charter Ketch, 1964 - Sailboat in Turquoise Waters off Island in Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Charter Ketch, 1964 - Sailboat in Turquoise Waters off Island in Bahamas by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Pr...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Guinness Family
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guinness Family
Hon Desmond Guinness in his recently acquired home Leixlip Castle, Co Kildare, Ireland with his children Marina and Patrick. Their mother is Princess Marie Gabrielle...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Winter in Gstaad - Swiss Ski Destination Winter Sports Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Winter in Gstaad - Swiss Ski Destination Winter Sports Photograph by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Winter in Gs...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Holidaymakers lounging on the deck of their luxury yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper siz...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Austrian Wintersports and Apres Ski by Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Austrian Wintersports and Apres Ski by Swimming Pool by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez
The seafront at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971
20 x 24" - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in ...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Bermudan Hostess, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father's typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her ...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons
The Carlton Hotel
1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catherine Wilke
1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, 1980.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamp...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Party At The Playboy Mansion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party At The Playboy Mansion
1961
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playb...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Pool At El Cuarton
1971 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At El Cuarton'
Bathers at a pool in El Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, August 1971.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
P...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - El Venero 1967 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967.
Paper size 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Ski ‘bum’ Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run,...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed by English artist Oliver Messel, Barbados, April...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Sports Car Couple 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sports Car Couple 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1. His passenger is Margaret McAulay. Circa 1955.
20 x 20" inche...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Social Call 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Social Call 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Summer Picnic 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer Picnic 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A summer picnic at the Castle Pines yacht club in Colorado, 1990.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collecti...
Category
1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Italian Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Italian Holiday
1969
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento, holidays with family and friends on a luxury yacht in Porto Ercole, Tusc...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Alpine Skiing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alpine Skiing
Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Squaw Valley Snow, 1961 - Snowy Scene in Winter Landscape in California Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Squaw Valley Snow, 1961 - Snowy Scene in Winter Landscape in California by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Coming Ashore - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Coming Ashore
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. Augu...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiing Holiday - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday
American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbra...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Surfing Ocean Waves in Rhode Island United States
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Surfing Ocean Waves in Rhode Island United States 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
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Eleuthera Pool Party - Slim Aarons - Bahamas - color photography 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eleuthera Pool Party' by Slim Aarons
LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT
Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front.
Guests at the French Leave...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Hotel De La Poste, Cortina d
Ampezzo, 1976 (Unseen)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests outside the Hotel de la Poste in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, 1976.
Hotel de la Poste
1976
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Jackie K, Estate Edition Portrait Photograph, Classic Pearls, Jacqueline Kennedy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic photography of young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy, at a 'April in Paris' ball with classic pearls, red lipstick, a white sati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Marisa Berenson - Elsa Schiaparelli Gogo Schiaparelli American Actress Model
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Marisa Berenson - Elsa Schiaparelli Gogo Schiaparelli American Actress Model by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"M...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons
Tania Mallet
1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tania Mallet'
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four-poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Annevoie
1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Annevoie'
1980, Jean and Christiane de Montpellier d'Annevoie float across the moat of their home, Annevoie, Belgium.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Coll...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Pool Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Pool Party
1952
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A party by James Pendleton’s pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton’s house was later b...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aerial Miami Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aerial Miami Beach
1972
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972.
...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Villa del Balbianello, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Lake Como, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the tranquil luxury of Lake Como with this exquisite Slim Aarons photograph featuring Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988), captured at his Villa del Balbianello...
Category
1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Chalet Costi
1968 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Chalet Costi'
Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to left, former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), unknown, Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat). The Linsks are the current owners of the house.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
Slim Aarons
Nelda and...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Pool By The Sea
1969 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea'
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau. The children are Bianca Juarez (Bobo’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - No Transport Problems
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
No Transport Problems
Mrs Woolworth Donahue with car and bicycles on her motor yacht, ‘Hartline’
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
La Fonteline - Exclusive Capri Island Beach Club on Mediterranean Sea
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
La Fonteline - Exclusive Capri Island Beach Club on Mediterranean Sea by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"La Fonte...
Category
20th Century Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton Polo Set - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boca Raton Polo Set
A group of players and friends at a polo match at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida, April 1978.
Gorgeous print measur...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bermudan Hostess, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father's typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her ...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Penthouse Pool
Supergiant print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool'
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
60 x 60 inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golfing Pals
(1977) - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals (1977) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bi...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, C Print
Slim Aarons
Scone Madam
1960 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Scone Madam'
1960: Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly Hills.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Esta...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sipping a Pussyfoot - a mixture ...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Lounging In Verbier Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Verbier
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
unframed
c type pri...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
The Fullers
1970 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Fullers'
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL.
20x20" inches /...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Porto Rotondo
1990 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo'
Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Category
1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA, circa ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke
1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of C...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
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, 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.
- 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.