Bert Stern Brooklyn, USA, 1929-2013
Marilyn Monroe behind a crucifix, from The Last Sitting for Vogue, 1962
Print set within contact sheet border / Parte de conjunto de impresiones dentro de los bordes de hoja de contacto
98.4 x 99.7 cm
38 3/4 x 39 1/4 in (without frame)
38 3/4 x 39 1/4 in (without frame)
© 1962 Bert Stern / Cortesía Fundación AMMA
Further images
In June 1962, Vogue magazine commissioned Bert Stern to do a session with Marilyn Monroe. It took place at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles. Stern took more than 2,500 photographs, in which the actress appeared more relaxed and natural than ever before. Many of them were later published in the book The Last Sitting, including contact prints rejected by the actress (and marked with a cross). Six weeks later, in early August, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.