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Photography, Bettina Graziani 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Bettina Graziani 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Skiers at Gstaad, Slim Aarons

Skiers at Gstaad

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch

$3,304

Photography, Sugarbush Skiing, Slim Aarons

Sugarbush Skiing

Slim Aarons

Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch

$2,858

Photography, St Moritz, Slim Aarons

St Moritz

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch

$2,958

Photography, Zermatt Skiing, Slim Aarons

Zermatt Skiing

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$3,304

Photography, Lech Ice Bar, Slim Aarons

Lech Ice Bar

Slim Aarons

Photography - 61 x 61 cm Photography - 24 x 24 inch

$2,467

Photography, Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch

$2,958

Photography, Dining At The Eagle Club - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Dining At The Eagle Club - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch

$2,958

Photography, Ice Bar, Slim Aarons

Ice Bar

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$3,293

Photography, Wild, Dasha Pears

Wild

Dasha Pears

Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,730

Photography, Vers Midi Plan, Eric Bouvet

Vers Midi Plan

Eric Bouvet

Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,060

Photography, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, NYC 1988, Bob Gruen

Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, NYC 1988

Bob Gruen

Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch

$1,500

Photography, Old and Young, Karol Kállay

Old and Young

Karol Kállay

Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$3,572

Photography, Saints, Karol Kállay

Saints

Karol Kállay

Photography - 49 x 33 cm Photography - 19.3 x 13 inch

$3,572

Photography, Concentration, Karol Kállay

Concentration

Karol Kállay

Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$3,572

Photography, Two Cigarettes, Karol Kállay

Two Cigarettes

Karol Kállay

Photography - 39 x 51 cm Photography - 15.4 x 20.1 inch

$3,572

Photography, Sally And Sunny, Slim Aarons

Sally And Sunny

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch

$3,488

Photography, Socialites, Slim Aarons

Socialites

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch

$3,488

Photography, Skiing Princess, Slim Aarons

Skiing Princess

Slim Aarons

Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$4,119

Photography, Hello There Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Hello There Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Britt Ekland, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Britt Ekland, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, George Cameron - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

George Cameron - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, CZ’s House 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

CZ’s House 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Mara Lane At The Sands - 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Mara Lane At The Sands - 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Beauty and the Beast, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Beauty and the Beast, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Persephone, Kalliope Amorphous

Persephone

Kalliope Amorphous

Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.05 inch

$2,200

Photography, Blue Ghost, Kalliope Amorphous

Blue Ghost

Kalliope Amorphous

Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch

$3,500

Photography, Love story, Amandine André

Love story

Amandine André

Photography - 18.5 x 18.5 x 1 cm Photography - 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.4 inch

$100

Photography, HEtresEnCompagnie #04, Corinne Bresson

HEtresEnCompagnie #04

Corinne Bresson

Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$357

Photography, My Name Is Rabbit, László Moholy-Nagy

My Name Is Rabbit

László Moholy-Nagy

Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch

$909

Photography, Virtuous Woman, Kamal Obat

Virtuous Woman

Kamal Obat

Photography - 59.4 x 41.9 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch

$350

Photography, Skiers At Verbier - 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Skiers At Verbier - 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Lech Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Lech Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,885

Photography, Lech Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Lech Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,885

Photography, Dining At The Eagle Club - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Dining At The Eagle Club - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$3,360

Photography, Winter Pool, Slim Aarons

Winter Pool

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$4,119

Photography, Vermont Winter, Slim Aarons

Vermont Winter

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$4,119

Photography, Racing At Baden Baden, Slim Aarons

Racing At Baden Baden

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$4,119

Photography, Armando’s Beach Club, Slim Aarons

Armando’s Beach Club

Slim Aarons

Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch

$4,119

Photography, Adriatic Sailors, Slim Aarons

Adriatic Sailors

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$3,488

Photography, Transport Buffs, Slim Aarons

Transport Buffs

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$3,488

Photography, The Romanones, Slim Aarons

The Romanones

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$4,119

Photography, Staying At The Carlton, Slim Aarons

Staying At The Carlton

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Skiing Waiters, Slim Aarons

Skiing Waiters

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$4,119

Photography, Ice Bar In Lech 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Ice Bar In Lech 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Freeport Yachts 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Freeport Yachts 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, 'Eagle Club' 1969, Slim Aarons

'Eagle Club' 1969

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$4,119

Photography, Curling Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Curling Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Boating In Antigua 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Boating In Antigua 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Black Pearl Trippers Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Black Pearl Trippers Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Apres Ski 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Apres Ski 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Lucky For Some Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Lucky For Some Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, NY Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

NY Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Alpine Skiing 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Alpine Skiing 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch

$3,360

Photography, Villa Vera - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Villa Vera - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Checkered Flag - 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Checkered Flag - 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$3,963

Photography, Winter Suntans - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Winter Suntans - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Hotel Sports - 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Hotel Sports - 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Pool By The Sea 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Pool By The Sea 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,963

Photography, Carlton Hotel - 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Carlton Hotel - 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Donald Leas - 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Donald Leas - 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Squaw Valley Snow - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Squaw Valley Snow - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Klosters - 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Klosters - 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Speedboat Landing - 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons

Speedboat Landing - 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,963

Photography, Party preparations, Slim Aarons

Party preparations

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch

$4,019

Photography, Poolside ladies, Slim Aarons

Poolside ladies

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch

$4,019

Photography, Poolside Tete a Tete, Slim Aarons

Poolside Tete a Tete

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch

$3,405

Photography, Cocktail hour, Slim Aarons

Cocktail hour

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch

$3,405

Photography, Poolside interruption, Slim Aarons

Poolside interruption

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch

$3,405

Photography, Catch up by the pool, Slim Aarons

Catch up by the pool

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$3,070

Photography, Poolside style, Slim Aarons

Poolside style

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$3,070

Photography, Palm Springs pool, Slim Aarons

Palm Springs pool

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, Poolside catwalk, Slim Aarons

Poolside catwalk

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, Poolside loungers, Slim Aarons

Poolside loungers

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, At The Linsk House, Slim Aarons

At The Linsk House

Slim Aarons

Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, Poolside party, Slim Aarons

Poolside party

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, Poolside conversation, Slim Aarons

Poolside conversation

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

$2,556

Photography, Desert house party, Slim Aarons

Desert house party

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$3,070

Photography, Henley regatta, Slim Aarons

Henley regatta

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch

$5,576

Photography, Poolside Backgammon, Slim Aarons

Poolside Backgammon

Slim Aarons

Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$3,070

Photography, On The slopes of Sugarbush, Slim Aarons

On The slopes of Sugarbush

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch

$3,181

Photography, Poolside Pairs, Slim Aarons

Poolside Pairs

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch

$4,521

Photography, Matiere Hybride.3, Joëlle Cabanne

Matiere Hybride.3

Joëlle Cabanne

Photography - 110 x 57.5 cm Photography - 43.3 x 22.6 inch

$6,698

Photography, Skiers at Gstaad, Slim Aarons

Skiers at Gstaad

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch

$2,958

Photography, Skiers At Gstaad, Slim Aarons

Skiers At Gstaad

Slim Aarons

Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch

$3,896

Photography, Skiers at Sugarbush, Slim Aarons

Skiers at Sugarbush

Slim Aarons

Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch

$2,858

Photography, Skiers at Sugarbush, Slim Aarons

Skiers at Sugarbush

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch

$3,304

Photography, Staying at the Carlton, Slim Aarons

Staying at the Carlton

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch

$3,304

Photography, Squaw Valley Snow, Slim Aarons

Squaw Valley Snow

Slim Aarons

Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch

$2,467

Photography, Squaw Valley Snow, Slim Aarons

Squaw Valley Snow

Slim Aarons

Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch

$2,958

Photography, St Moritz, Slim Aarons

St Moritz

Slim Aarons

Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch

$3,896

White

In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?

Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.

In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.

With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.

 

Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.  

 

Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!


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