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This captivating photograph captures the serene elegance of the seaside pool at the legendary Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, taken in September 1986. The image showcases the hotel's iconic clifftop setting where crystal-clear waters of a heated seawater pool seem to merge seamlessly with the azure Tyrrhenian Sea beyond. The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986 epitomizes the sophisticated Mediterranean lifestyle that defined Italy's most exclusive coastal retreats during the 1980s.
Built in the mid-1960s by Michael and Patricia Graham as a private club for their glamorous circle of friends, Il Pellicano became the ultimate sanctuary for international jet-setters seeking refined luxury on the Tuscan coast.
Slim Aarons, renowned for his evocative photographs of, as he described it, "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places," was the quintessential chronicler of high society. After serving as a war photographer, Aarons turned his lens to a new landscape: the glamorous lives of Hollywood elites, Palm Beach socialites, and jet-setting debutantes and princes. His work for society publications captured an aspirational world of leisure and luxury that defined the American upper class throughout the mid-20th century, creating images that remain timeless symbols of sophistication and style.
Every piece in our unique Slim Aarons collection is meticulously handcrafted using archival materials and printed on premium, luster photographic paper with environmentally safe inks, custom framed by skilled artisans who ensure that each work of art meets the exacting standards befitting such an iconic photograph.
