It was difficult to take a bad photograph of her. Even when she wasn't at her most beautiful, her photographs would still look amazing.
Elliott Erwitt
ELLIOTT ERWITT (B. 1928)
Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, 1954
Details
ELLIOTT ERWITT (B. 1928)
Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, 1954
7 gelatin silver prints, printed 2004, presented together
larger print signed in silver ink (on the recto); each smaller print signed, the larger numbered '575/43' in pencil (on the verso)
23 x 15¼in. (58.3 x 38.6cm.) (1); 7¼ x 4¾in. (18.3 x 12cm.) (6) (7)
Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, 1954
7 gelatin silver prints, printed 2004, presented together
larger print signed in silver ink (on the recto); each smaller print signed, the larger numbered '575/43' in pencil (on the verso)
23 x 15¼in. (58.3 x 38.6cm.) (1); 7¼ x 4¾in. (18.3 x 12cm.) (6) (7)
Provenance
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Magnum Photographs, April 24, 2004, lot 53.