Polo Party Framed

Captured in April 1981, this Slim Aarons photograph gathers three generations of the Butler family, one of America's foremost polo dynasties, together in Palm Beach. Patriarch Paul Butler is joined by his son Adam Butler, daughter Reutie Butler Shober, grandchildren Jorie and Michael Butler Kent, and son-in-law Geoffrey Kent, in a portrait of old-world privilege and easy sophistication, the polo season backdrop for a family Aarons returned to often.

Slim Aarons made his name capturing the casual elegance of high society through the mid-20th century. After serving as a WWII combat photographer, he turned his lens to film stars and aristocracy at play, offering an insider's view of the elite long before social media. This print is a glimpse into a lost era of style, grace, and unhurried leisure.