Backgammon By The Pool

At Habitation Leclerc’s legendary pool terrace in Haiti, Backgammon By The Pool immortalizes an afternoon of leisurely competition in January 1975. Sunlight dances over bronzed shoulders as women concentrate on their ancient game, dice clicking against the board while island warmth envelops the scene. The exclusive resort, once home to just 44 private villas where jet-setters escaped winter’s grasp, radiates the intoxicating allure that drew everyone from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Mick Jagger to this Haitian hideaway. Palm fronds cast geometric shadows over the sun-bleached concrete, framing a tableau of relaxed concentration where strategy meets poolside indulgence.

This museum-quality photograph brings the golden age of Haiti’s glamour directly into your living space, transforming any room with its perfect balance of intellectual pursuit and poolside leisure. Slim Aarons photographed more than just a backgammon match; he documented a vanished world where French entrepreneur Olivier Coquelin’s vision of hedonistic opulence flourished until political upheaval shuttered the resort forever in 1982. Backgammon By The Pool delivers that rare combination of sophistication and ease, its warm palette of turquoise water, sun-kissed skin, and bright swimwear creating an instant focal point that energizes contemporary interiors with vintage charisma.

Your walls deserve the timeless elegance this print provides, turning an ordinary room into a sanctuary of cultivated taste. Every glance transports you to those languid Caribbean afternoons where time moved differently, where games stretched through sunlit hours and conversation flowed as freely as rum punch. Slim Aarons understood that true luxury lives in these unguarded moments, and now this print lets you share that understanding with every guest who enters your home. The print becomes your permanent invitation to a more gracious way of living, a daily reminder that life’s finest pleasures often arrive wrapped in simplicity and sunshine.