Marilyn Monroe - Photo Signed By Bert Stern

Bert STERN (1929-2013), American photographer
Marilyn with a scar"The Last Sitting" (End of June 1962)
Photograph, later pigment print (2012), signed and numbered (28/62) lower left. Copyright stamped by Bert Stern on the backDimensions including margin: 48.1 x 32.8 cmCertificate of authenticity from Bert SternThe Last Sitting: Famous photo session featuring Marilyn Monroe that became famous because it was the last of the actress before her suicide on August 5, 1962. Bert Stern, photographer for Vogue, arranged to meet Marilyn Monroe at the end of June 1962 at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles for a twelve-hour pose. Twenty years later in 1982 Stern published a souvenir book including a large number of photographs including those refused by the actress: the contact sheets. The photographs have been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world.