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EARL THIESEN (1903-1973) MARILYN MONROE 1951.

Currency:GBP Category:Collectibles Start Price:80.00 GBP Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 GBP
EARL THIESEN (1903-1973) MARILYN MONROE 1951.
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10am Jan 02, 2022 (Eastern).


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In 1951: Rising star Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in a dress made out of an Idaho potato sack in 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
Vintage Look magazine photo by photographer Earl Thiesen. 14x11 inches.
Stamped on verso. Mounted and framed.


A female journalist called Monroe 'cheap and vulgar'. She even wrote that Monroe would have looked better in a potato sack. Twentieth Century fox decided to fulfill her wish, and they photographed Marilyn Monroe in fitting burlap potato sack to prove that she would look appealing in anything.