Live Auction 17584Icons of Glamour & Style : The Constantiner Collection
CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Lot 31

CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)

Marilyn Monroe, 1956

Closed19 June 2019

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EUR 5,000

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CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Marilyn Monroe, 1956
tirage argentique, tiré en 1998, monté sur support cartonné
cachet d'archive du photographe 'Beaton / Sotheby's', titré, daté (image et tirage) et numéroté '1' au crayon (montage, verso)
image : 28 x 28.4 cm. (11 x 11 ¼ in.)
feuille/montage : 40.5 x 30.8 cm. (15 x 12 1/8 in.)

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

‘In her presence, you are startled, then disarmed, by the lack of inhibition… excitement has now got the better of her. She romps, she squeals with delight, she leaps onto the sofa…’ Cecil Beaton