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
Santa and Serena Antonelli, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Santa and Serena Antonelli and a guest dining al fresco on the terrace of their home abov...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Positano Beach, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Santa and Serena Antonelli, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Santa and Serena Antonelli and a guest dining al fresco on the terrace of their home abov...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Positano Beach, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Positano Beach, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sitting at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
This is an estate...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons,
Lounging In Verbier
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Slim Aarons
Lounging In Verbier
1964
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Pop And Society
1968 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Relaxing in Lech
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people sitting in the sun at the Gasthof Post hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, 1960.
Slim Aarons
Relaxing in Lech
1960
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Skiers At Sugarbush, 1960, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960.
Slim Aarons
Skiers At Sugarbush
1960
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Cannes Cannes Girls (1958) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Girls (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes,
in the south of France, 1958
.
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Paper Size: 40x40''
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Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
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About the Artist:
Slim Aarons (American, October 29, 1916–May 29, 2006) was a photographer well-known for his portraits of the rich and famous. Born George Allen Aarons, he spent his youth in New Hampshire and New York before joining the army during World War II, where his photography career began.
Working throughout his career with magazines like Life, Holiday, and Town & Country gave Aarons the chance to document the jet-set lifestyle of Hollywood stars, American and European socialites, and other celebrated figures. His approach was simple; using no make-up artists or artificial lights, he let the natural opulence of his subjects and their surroundings illuminate his lens.
Typical scenes from Aaron’s photography take place in the sun, and in front of a pool surrounded by bathing beauties.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Catch Up By the Pool Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs, 1970: This coveted photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features midcentury socialites in front of the turquoise swimming pool of the iconic Kaufma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Grand Day Out
Slim Aarons (1955) Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Grand Day Out (1955) Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Art collector Chester Dale (1883 – 1962) with Charles Prescott Berdell and their wives in Palm Bea...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Campbell Falls Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Campbell Falls Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A family enjoy a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls,
Massachusetts...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Bettina Graziani
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Edition Estate Stamped C Type Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 – 2015) adjusting t...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Eva Gabor (1950) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eva Gabor (1950) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Hungarian actress Eva Gabor (1920 – 1995) in Montego Bay,
Jamaica, circa 1954....
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Skiing Essentials
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Essentials' (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A couple prepares for a day's ski...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 195...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young debutantes in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1968.
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Paper Size: 20x20'' ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel,
Cannes, France, 1958.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil, 1983, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers in Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil, January 1983.
Slim Aarons
Buzios
1983
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The Palace Hotel in Gstaad,
1961.
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Pap...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift,
A...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda,...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Diners at an outdoor restaurant,
San Diego, California, October 1956.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Winter Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado,
March 1964.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech,
Austria, 1960.
Add...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera,
1...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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San Diego Gulls (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Gulls (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Seagulls over a beach in San Diego, California,
October 1956.
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Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This historic shot of the pool was captured just after the the Fontainebleau's opening in 1954.
Visual Description: Guests enjoying the newly opened turquoise cat-shaped pool at the Fontainebleu Hotel, designed by Morris Lapidus. The deck features sunny, graphic yellow and black umbrellas, as well as red, yellow and blue striped umbrellas and loungers. The cat's tail is a vintage wooden diving board, its ears are stairs, and its nose is a slide. Designed by Morris Lapidus.
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Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed Later
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.
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).
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La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
An aerial view of Palm Beach, Florida, 1955, showing La Coquille Hotel and its swimming pool.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico,
1952.
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara,
California,...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Sugarbush Skiing, 1960, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
Slim Aarons
Sugarbush Skiing
1960
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Poolside Pairs, Palm Springs, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art deale...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Sixty eight-foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from G...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Red and white automobile lights on Park Avenue, New York at Christmas time.
The rear and headlights at nigh...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Caped Skiers, Colorado, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Caped Skiers, Colorado, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skimaster Stein Eriksen lea...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Monte Carlo, 1975, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
Slim Aarons
Monte Carlo
1975
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Sarah Marson Williams, 1976, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Marson Williams enjoys a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point, Barbados, April 1976.
Slim Aarons
Sarah Marson Williams
1976
C print (Printed later)
Estat...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Snowmass Village, 1968, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968.
Slim Aarons
Snowmass Village
1968
C print (Printed later)
Estate signa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Poolside Host, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far left is Lita Baron....
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
60x40 inches paper size
Estate Sta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Pool In St Tropez
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970.
Slim Aarons
Pool In St Tropez
1970
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons,
Poolside Dreams
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
January 1970: Helen Dzo Dzo at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann.
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Poolside Drea...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons,
Swimmers At Las Brisas
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Slim Aarons
Swimmers At Las Brisas
1972
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbe...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing costume.
Gorgeous print mea...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
P...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953
Members of 'old Newport' watching the action on court at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953.
Large oversize 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - My Toy 1982
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
My Toy
Member of the ‘Jolly Club’, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince Di Montenevoso at Vallelonga with his red Lola racing car, April 1982. He is Chief Test Driver for Firestone Internati...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Italy, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Printed Later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
Category
1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Capote At Home
1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capote At Home'
Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. 1958.
30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm p...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
On Board The Palawan, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Olive Watson (left) taking her friends out sailing off the coast of Maine on her yacht, P...
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
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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.
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- 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.