GEORGE BARRIS, ED WESTON COLLECTION, LATE 20TH CENTURY

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MARILYN MONROE ON SANTA MONICA BEACH
GEORGE BARRIS, ED WESTON COLLECTION, LATE 20TH CENTURY
Large black and white photograph of laughing Marilyn Monroe on the beach, from the George Barris 'Last Photos' shoot; the image embossed 'GEORGE BARRIS/ EDWARD WESTON COLLECTION' at lower right, mounted on black foamcore
with LOA from Marilyn Monroe Weston Editions, LTD.
13 x 10 in. (the image)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Superior Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, 14-15 November 1998, lot 720.

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Lot Essay

The present photograph is one of a series shot by George Barris (1992-2016) of Monroe between June 1st and July 18th, 1962, two weeks before she passed. Now known as the "Last Photos" these raw photographs, taken in natural lighting on Santa Monica Beach and at a private home in the Hollywood Hills, are thought to reveal a "true" vision of the star in her final days.

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