Marilyn Monroe, 1953

Details

FRANK POWOLNY (1902-1986)
Marilyn Monroe, 1953
gelatin silver print
numbered 'F-999-5-364' in negative; credited in unknown hand in ink on verso
8¼ x 7¾in. (20.8 x 19.6cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from a photographica fair, New York, 1980s.

Literature

Andy Warhol Photography, Edition Stemmle, 1999, p.54, variant with Warhol's crop marks.

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Lot Essay

Powolny was head photographer at 20th Century Fox for over 40 years. During his tenure as a portrait and set photographer, he shot dozens of famous faces, including Shirley Temple, Betty Grable, Humphrey Bogart and, of course, Marilyn Monroe. A publicity portrait for Monroe's 1953 thriller Niagra, this image was famously appropriated by Andy Warhol for his 1960s silkscreens. Original prints of this image are extremely rare.

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