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Marilyn Biting Thumb from The Last Sitting

Name: Marilyn Biting Thumb From The Last Sitting | Bert Stern
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 69442

Bert Stern

$4,500

American (1929–2013)

Date: 1974
Ektacolor Photograph, signed and numbered in ink
Edition of 209/250
Image Size: 20.5 x 19.5 inches
Size: 26.5 x 25.75 in. (67.31 x 65.405 cm)

$4,500

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about Marilyn Biting Thumb from The Last Sitting

This photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern is from her last photoshoot in 1962, six weeks before her death.

The images were shot to use for Vogue and were shot over a span of three daily sessions.

About The Artist: Bert Stern

Bert Stern is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. His best known work is arguably a collection of 2,500 photographs, some nude or semi-nude, taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death. As they were the last posed photographs taken of Monroe, the portfolio has come to be known as "The Last Sitting". The photographs were taken for Vogue, who published several of them following Monroe's death. A...

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About The Medium: Ink

Ink is a liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, or quill. Thicker inks, in paste form, are used extensively in letterpress and lithographic printing.

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Marilyn Biting Thumb from The Last Sitting

Bert Stern

about Marilyn Biting Thumb from The Last Sitting

About The Artist: Bert Stern

About The Medium: Ink

Customer Service

A Variety of Styles

Industry Leading Logistics

Recent collections:

Curated by RoGallery

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