Slim Aarons: career timeline

American · 1916–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 22 lots (77% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Slim Aarons: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	5	5	$3kSign up	Photograph
1960s	2	2	$4kSign up	Photograph
1970s	9	9	$14kSign up	Photograph
1980s	1	1	$8.8kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $5.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 28 in (39 × 71 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 29 in (79 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1964 Verbier Vacation$6.5kSign up
1968 Pop and Society$1.6kSign up

1970s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $14kSign up
Average: $16.3kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 56.5 in (97 × 143 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9)
Subjects: —

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $8.8kSign up
Average: $8.8kSign up
Typical size: 37.5 × 56.5 in (95 × 143 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

1980 Swimming Pool on the Beach$8.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 2 of 5
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 44 × 32 in (112 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

sold 2024 Leisure In AntibesResult not published
sold 2024 Hotel Du Cap - Eden Roc PoolResult not published
sold 2024 Poolside GlamourResult not published
sold 2024 Colony Hotel, Palm Beach$2.7kSign up
sold 2024 Poolside Gossip$376Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Slim Aarons auction results →