Art & Design
Marilyn Monroe. Photographer Bert Stern
- Item Number
- 283
- Estimated Value
- 1400 USD
- Sold
- 400 USD to dazdat
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Photographer Bert Stern took archival photo's he had done of Marilyn in 1962 and embellished the photo's for the 50 anniversary of Marilyn Monroe show in NY.
In 1962, when Bert Stern shot what is now known as the “Last Sitting”, he shot over 2500 images over three days in the Beverly Hills Hotel for Vogue magazine. Many of these photographs were never printed or shown to public, until Bert discovered them in a box some 40 years later. He took them to Duggal, a photo lab in New York with whom Bert had worked for over 50 years, to see if they could help restore them to their original glory. They worked with him for months to ensure that all damage to the pictures was repaired while keeping original details in the pictures intact. In 2010, working with his long time assistants, Lisa and Lynette Lavender (twin sisters who were former top fashion models and muses of Bert), he decided to “reinvent Marilyn” through gemstones and crystals encrusted on the photos, which were first shown at an exhibition in New York in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Marilyn’s death.
Donated By:
Capital Art / Celebrity Vault
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