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Marilyn Monroe, LIFE cover portrait, 1952
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PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906–1979)
Marilyn Monroe, LIFE cover portrait, 1952
gelatin silver print
inscribed 'Best of Life [page] 265' in ink in 'Used In Time Life Book' stamp, annotated 'Life Cover April 7 1952' in unknown hand in pencil, stamped photographer's credit, variously annotated in ink and pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (32.3 x 24 cm.)
accompanied by a letter from Hastings Galleries Limited, dated July 21, 1980, stating, 'This letter will serve to authenticate that the 11" x 14" black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Philippe Halsman is indeed the original photograph used for the 1952 LIFE Magazine Cover and was taken by Philippe Halsman.'
Marilyn Monroe, LIFE cover portrait, 1952
gelatin silver print
inscribed 'Best of Life [page] 265' in ink in 'Used In Time Life Book' stamp, annotated 'Life Cover April 7 1952' in unknown hand in pencil, stamped photographer's credit, variously annotated in ink and pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (32.3 x 24 cm.)
accompanied by a letter from Hastings Galleries Limited, dated July 21, 1980, stating, 'This letter will serve to authenticate that the 11" x 14" black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Philippe Halsman is indeed the original photograph used for the 1952 LIFE Magazine Cover and was taken by Philippe Halsman.'
Provenance
Hastings Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
LIFE magazine, April 7, 1952, cover.
Philippe Halsman, Sight and Insight, Doubleday and Co. Inc., New York, 1972, p. 3.
Philippe Halsman, Halsman: A Retrospective, Bulfinch, New York, 1998, p. 129.
Philippe Halsman, Sight and Insight, Doubleday and Co. Inc., New York, 1972, p. 3.
Philippe Halsman, Halsman: A Retrospective, Bulfinch, New York, 1998, p. 129.
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