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MONROE, Marilyn (1926-1962). Photograph signed (“Marilyn Monroe”) [September 1947].
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MONROE, Marilyn (1926-1962). Photograph signed (“Marilyn Monroe”) [September 1947].
252 x 200mm (light crease at bottom, minor corner crease at top left).
A very early photograph, signed the year after she adopted the iconic moniker—Marilyn Monroe. A very early image of Monroe, then a young, little-known starlet who spent a year working as a pinup model before signing with 20th Century Fox in June 1946. It was at that point she adopted her screen name. Monroe had few film roles in these early years — a few lines in Dangerous Years (1947) and Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948). Her contract with 20th Century was not renewed in August 1947 and she returned to modeling while pursuing further studies at the Actors’ Laboratory Theatre, which taught the techniques of the Group Theatre. She would endure several more years of short-term contracts and modeling work before she broke through in 1950, a year in which she appeared in six films, two of them critically acclaimed (The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve), and signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox in December 1950.
252 x 200mm (light crease at bottom, minor corner crease at top left).
A very early photograph, signed the year after she adopted the iconic moniker—Marilyn Monroe. A very early image of Monroe, then a young, little-known starlet who spent a year working as a pinup model before signing with 20th Century Fox in June 1946. It was at that point she adopted her screen name. Monroe had few film roles in these early years — a few lines in Dangerous Years (1947) and Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948). Her contract with 20th Century was not renewed in August 1947 and she returned to modeling while pursuing further studies at the Actors’ Laboratory Theatre, which taught the techniques of the Group Theatre. She would endure several more years of short-term contracts and modeling work before she broke through in 1950, a year in which she appeared in six films, two of them critically acclaimed (The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve), and signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox in December 1950.