SLIM AARONS CHROMOGENIC PRINT: DESERT HOUSE PARTY - PALM SPRINGS, JANUARY 1970

AN ICONIC MID-CENTURY COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH BY RENOWNED AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER SLIM AARONS, CAPTURING A POOLSIDE GATHERING AT A MODERNIST DESERT RESIDENCE DESIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA FOR EDGAR J. KAUFMANN, IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. THE IMAGE EXEMPLIFIES THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN LEISURE AND ARCHITECTURAL SOPHISTICATION OF THE 1970S ERA.

PHOTOGRAPHER AND PROVENANCE:
- PHOTOGRAPHER: SLIM AARONS (1916-2006), CELEBRATED FOR HIS DOCUMENTATION OF AFFLUENT AMERICAN LIFESTYLE AND MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE
- COLLECTION: GETTY IMAGES / HULTON ARCHIVE
- IMAGE REFERENCE: #77442787
- DATE OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH: JANUARY 1970

PRINT DETAILS:
- MEDIUM: CHROMOGENIC COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH PRINT ON ARCHIVAL PAPER
- PRINT DATE: 2021 (CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVAL PRINT FROM ORIGINAL TRANSPARENCY)
- AUTHENTICATION: GETTY IMAGES GALLERY CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ISSUED 25 JAN 2021
- SIGNATURE: SLIM AARONS SIGNATURE VISIBLE ON CERTIFICATE

FRAMING AND PRESENTATION:
- FRAME: TIMBER FRAME WITH NATURAL FINISH
- MATTING: MUSEUM-QUALITY WHITE MATTING WITH ARCHIVAL PROPERTIES
- DIMENSIONS: 175 CM x 126CM (FRAMED)
- GLASS: CLEAR PROTECTIVE GLAZING

SUBJECT MATTER:
THE PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS A SOPHISTICATED POOLSIDE GATHERING AT A MODERNIST DESERT HOUSE, FEATURING ELEGANTLY DRESSED GUESTS IN PERIOD ATTIRE (1970S FASHION) ARRANGED AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL. THE COMPOSITION CAPTURES THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEGANCE OF THE NEUTRA-DESIGNED RESIDENCE WITH ITS CLEAN LINES AND INTEGRATION WITH THE SURROUNDING DESERT LANDSCAPE. MOUNTAINS VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND PROVIDE DRAMATIC CONTEXT. THE SCENE EXEMPLIFIES THE ASPIRATIONAL LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT DEFINED AARONS' CAREER AND THE AESTHETIC OF MID-CENTURY AMERICAN LUXURY.

CONDITION: EXCELLENT. THE PRINT DISPLAYS VIBRANT COLOUR SATURATION WITH NO FADING, CREASING, OR SURFACE DAMAGE. THE MATTING IS PRISTINE AND BRIGHT. THE FRAME SHOWS ONLY MINOR HANDLING MARKS CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL STORAGE AND DISPLAY. THIS IS A MUSEUM-QUALITY EXAMPLE SUITABLE FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS OF MID-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY AND SLIM AARONS DOCUMENTATION.

SIGNIFICANCE: SLIM AARONS' PHOTOGRAPHS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT BY COLLECTORS OF MID-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE, MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY. HIS WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY AND IS HELD IN MAJOR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. THIS AUTHENTICATED PRINT FROM THE GETTY IMAGES ARCHIVE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF HIS ICONIC LIFESTYLE DOCUMENTATION. THE SUBJECT MATTER—A NEUTRA-DESIGNED RESIDENCE AND THE SOCIAL MILIEU OF 1970S PALM SPRINGS—MAKES THIS A PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE LOT FOR COLLECTORS OF BOTH PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY.

NOTE: THIS IS AN ARCHIVAL PRINT PRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL TRANSPARENCY HELD IN THE GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION. THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY CONFIRMS THE AUTHENTICITY AND PROVENANCE THROUGH GETTY IMAGES GALLERY, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SOURCES OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS.

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