Lot 56
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THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")
THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")
THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")
THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")
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THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

BERT STERN, 1962

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THREE MARILYN MONROE CONTACT SHEETS (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")
BERT STERN, 1962
Comprising three contact sheets, each with twelve images (36 total) of a veiled Marilyn Monroe, from the famed 'The Last Sitting' shoot
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Los Angeles, 31 January 2002, lot 8.

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Lot Essay

The present images, as well as lots 57 and 63, are from a photoshoot by Bert Stern (1929-2013) commissioned by Vogue in June 1962, six weeks before Monroe's death. The photographs, as well as additional contact sheets, were eventually published by Stern in a book titled The Last Sitting in 1982.
Authenticated and encapsulated PSA/DNA "Type I".

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