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George Barris (American, b.1928)
LOT ID: 64886
Marilyn Monroe at Sunset , 1962

Chromogenic Print (C-print)
14 х 11 in. cm.
Signed, lower right. Stamped on verso.
Lot description
George Barris, Marilyn Monroe, from the "Last Photos" taken in 1962. 11x14 original color chromogenic photograph. Hand signed and stamped.

Photo shoot was taken between June-July on Santa Monica beach, as part of story Barris was doing on Marilyn's life at 36. This was in addition to a collaborative book between Monroe and Barris, which would later be published after her death. Sadly this is one of the last photos ever taken of Marilyn Monroe.


“George Barris grew up in New York City before the World War II. His interest in photography was lifelong, and as a young man he worked for the U.S. Army's Office of Public Relations. Many of his photographs of General Eisenhower were published. After the war, he became a freelance photographer and readily found work in Hollywood. He photographed many stars of the 1950s and 1960s, including Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra. He is perhaps best known for his work with Marilyn Monroe, however, with whom he was collaborating on a book at the time of her death. As part of this project, he is believed to have taken the last photographs of Monroe while she was alive. He did not allow these to be published until many years after her death.” [wiki]
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