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
Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Canton Nidwald...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
Slim Aarons
Crossing Snow Field, 1963
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certif...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
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
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain,1967
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm pa...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Party At Romanoff
s, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograp
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco with producer Charles K...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Minnie and Dru Montagu - Couple Poses for Photograph on Sandy Beach under Palms
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Minnie and Dru Montagu - Couple Poses for Photograph on Sandy Beach under Palms by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 1...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
Man’s Work Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Man’s Work
Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult magazines, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
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.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Il Pellicano Hotel
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980.
Slim Aarons
Il Pellicano Hotel
1980
C print (Printed later)
Estate signatu...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Palm Beach Idyll , Estate Edition, Christmas Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classic Slim Aarons photograph depicts a couple basking under the sun at the renowned Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsui...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Antigua Beach Club (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Antigua Beach Club (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The beach club at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies,
1960.
Addi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Penthouse Pool 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
40 x 40” / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
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1970s 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
A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984
40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition - Pool By The Sea Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea by Slim Aarons 1969
Guests and white umbrellas / parasols around the swimming pool at the infamously glamorous Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California, January 1970
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in January ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-fron...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Capri Tan 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capri Tan 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Andros Island
1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Andros Island'
Friends prepare for a day snorkeling by Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957.
30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Caleta Beach, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple walking on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
This is an esta...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
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...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
An aerial view of the beach at Monte Carlo, with skyscrapers rising behind, August 1981.
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Two young women, one wearing a kaftan, stepping onto a yacht on the waterfront at Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971.
30 x 20" inches ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Zermatt Skiing
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Slim Aarons
Zermatt Skiing
1968
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Park Avenue - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Park Avenue
A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Aerial Miami Beach
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972.
Slim Aarons
Aerial Miami Beach
1972
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Anguilla Beach Resort Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anguilla Beach Resort
1992
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on the mile-long crescent beach at the Hotel Cap Jaluca resort, Anguilla, Leeward Island...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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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...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Pagoda, Florida, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Cynthia Eichler (sitting) with Vicky Schaft Bruder (centre) and Cathy Tankoos (Mrs Joseph T...
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Pool By The Sea
1985 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea'
A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Porto Ercole Beach
1991 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole Beach'
A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Vane’s Villa 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vane’s Villa 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Guests at Vane Ivanovic’s villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain, 1987
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped C...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Curling At St. Moritz 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Curling At St. Moritz 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate...
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1950s 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.
3...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
A Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda, June 1970.
40 x 30" inches / 102 ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Private Island, Philippines Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Private Island, Philippines
1973
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Eden Rock 1973
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden Rock
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 197...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Megachess - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Megachess
A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993.
Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo b...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe
Young women holidaying by Lake Tahoe, circa 1959
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
All Mine, 1968 - Jim Kimberly in Palm Beach Posing with Wife by Harbour
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
All Mine, 1968 - Jim Kimberly in Palm Beach Posing with Wife by Harbour
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"All Mine" is a beautif...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Princess Caroline Of Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Princess Caroline Of Monaco
1981
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Pairs
1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Saint-Tropez Beach 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Beach 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Il Pellicano Hotel
1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Hotel'
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate S...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Quiet Afternoon Dress Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Quiet Afternoon
1980
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Pousada dos Buzios' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century American photographer Slim Aarons.
Friends and acquaintances lying by the swimming pool at Pousada dos Buzios in Brazil are photographed by Slim Aarons. The man pictured is Italian restaurateur Stefano Monti.
Just east of Rio de Janiero city is Buzios, formerly a quiet little fishing village and since the 1960s a bustling, animated, and absolutely upscale seaside resort, littered with fine restaurants, boutiques, and posh pousadas.
Pictured here is one such pousada. Also found in Portugal, pousadas offer a blend between luxury hotel and intimate family-run inn.
Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart.
Both 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' were taken in this location. The similarities between 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' are most evident in the subjects: the female sunbather wearing a black and white swimsuit with the straw sunhat appears to be in both scenes, and the female sunbather with short hair wearing the leopard print bikini appears similarly in both scenes.
This image from August 1975...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Giacomo Montegazza 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Giacomo Montegazza
Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983.
30x40” / 76x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stampe...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons art for sale on 1stDibs.
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.