Marilyn Monroe And Clark Gable/The Misfits, 1960

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Marilyn Monroe And Clark Gable/The Misfits, 1960
A rare black and white group portrait photograph of the main cast of The Misfits by Elliot Erwitt, signed and inscribed on the mount to Clark Gable the photograph featuring: Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach, the director John Huston, writer Arthur Miller and producer Frank E. Taylor, taken on location in Reno, Nevada, 1960 -- 13¼x10¼in. (33.6x26cm.), signed and inscribed on the mount as follows:
- For Clark, with so much admiration, love, Marilyn [Monroe]
- For Clark, - your friend, Arthur [Miller]
- Fondly -- from a friend - Monty [Clift]
- Yours Clark -- John [Huston]
- Frank [Taylor] and in an unidentified hand For Clark, with love from us
- For My Friend - Clark -- (From one method Actor To A[nother] - With Lov[e] [Eli Wallach]
the final three signatures of Frank Taylor and Eli Wallach and another unidentified person, probably Taylor's wife, now partially incomplete due to some paper loss on the mount, overall measurements -- 29½x23¾in. (75x60.3cm.) framed; accompanied by a document concerning the provenance (2)

Literature

KATZ, Ephraim The Macmillan International Film Encyclopedia, London: Harper Collins, 1998, pp.504-5 & 964-5

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Lot Essay

According to the accompanying documentation, this photograph and signed mount orginally came onto the market from the Estate of Clark Gable.

The Misfits written by Arthur Miller for his wife Marilyn Monroe and directed by John Huston, is often acclaimed as being the vehicle in which Gable portrayed the best acting of his career. The film's production was hit by numerous problems, not least the instability of the film's co-star Monroe. Gable, who insisted on doing all his own stunts, suffered from the strain and exertion and died of a heart attack two weeks after the completion of filming. Sadly, The Misfits was also the last film Marilyn Monroe completed before her death in 1962.

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