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Marilyn Monroe Herb Stern Last Sitting Scarf Proofs With Notes

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Marilyn Monroe Herb Stern Last Sitting Scarf Proofs With Notes
Marilyn Monroe Herb Stern Last Sitting Scarf Proofs With Notes Massive proofs from the Herb Stern legendary shoot, known as the "The Last Sitting" of Marilyn Monroe in June of 1962 for Vogue Magazine. They took place over three days and were called the "last" since she died only six weeks after the shoot. Although Stern took over 2,500 images, few made it into publication, and had been lost until Stern published his famous book "The Last Sitting" in 1982. This is a version of one of the most iconic and published photo in the session, of a bare-breasted Monroe holding up a sheer scarf. The print has color rating markings done in grease pencil by Herb Stern "5Y/2R", to show what filters were used for the proof print (Y for Yellow and R for Red), Print is 19"x24".