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Bert Stern (American, b.1929)
LOT ID: 65821
Marilyn Monroe in Fuchsia Scarf (from The Last Sitting), 1962

Pigment Print
19 х 13 in. cm.
Signed, includes certificate of authenticity also signed by Bert Stern. Copyright stamped on the verso. Numbered 24/100.
Edition 24/100
Lot description
Belongs to The Last Sitting, hand signed by the artist and numbered 24/100. Copyright stamp on verso. It was taken on 1962 and printed later. Includes certificate of authenticity signed by Bert Stern.

Paper size: 19 x 13 in (48 x 33 cm)
Image size: 10 x 10 in (25,5 x 25,5 cm)

Bert Stern is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. He began his career as an art director for LOOK magazine, and his 'last sitting' portraits of Marilyn Monroe are some of his most well known images. Stern was the last to photograph the actress, in this three-day sitting for Vogue magazine taken 6 weeks before her death.
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