George Barris (American, b.1928)

LOT ID: 65740

Marilyn Monroe, Sitting on Steps with Legs Crossed, 1962

Silver Print

14 х 11 in. cm.

Signed, lower left margin. Stamped on verso. Marked AP on verso.

Edition AP

Lot description

George Barris, "Marilyn Monroe Sitting on Steps with Legs Crossed". From the 1962 Last Photos taken at a private home in the Hollywood Hills. Original Gelatin Silver photo, hand signed by the photographer. Stamped on the verso.

As part of a project commissioned by Cosmopolitan Magazine, and a book Barris and Marilyn were collaborating on, George Barris photographed Marilyn Monroe on the beach in Santa Monica, and at a private home in the Hollywood Hills. Sadly, these photos were taken just a couple of weeks before her demise. Marilyn was only 36 when the last photos were taken of her.

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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Marilyn, Her Life in Her Own Words Interview of Marilyn Monroe. Photos by George Barris Norma Jeane, Marilyn Text by Gloria Steinem, Photos by George Barris
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LOT ID: 65740

Marilyn Monroe, Sitting on Steps with Legs Crossed, 1962