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PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906-1979) MARILYN MONROE 1953.

Currency:GBP Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 GBP
PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906-1979) MARILYN MONROE 1953.
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"Starting in the early 1950s I asked every famous or important person I photographed to jump for me. I was motivated by a genuine curiosity. After all, life has taught us to control and disguise our facial expressions, but it has not taught us to control our jumps. I wanted to see famous people reveal in a jump their ambition or their lack of it, their self-importance or their insecurity, and many other traits." Halsman commented, "When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears." The photographer developed a philosophy of jump photography, which he called jumpology. Size: 16x12 inches. Printed by his wife. Edition of 3/1250. Stamped on verso. Mounted and framed.