(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
1962/2010
Digital pigment print
Signed by the photographer
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33 cm)
(With copyright stamp, verso)
Marilyn with Jewels
1962/2010
(from The Last Sitting)
Unique digital print in black
and white from the original negative
Signed in red crayon (recto), with
photographer’s copyright stamp (verso)
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.), unframed
Marilyn with Veil *
1962/2010
(from The Last Sitting)
Unique digital print in black and
white from the original negative
Signed, titled and dated (1962)
in red crayon (recto), with
photographer’s copyright stamp (verso)
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.), unframed
Marilyn: Dior Dress
1962/2012
(from The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
Digital Pigment print
Hand-signed, titled, with edition number in red crayon (recto); signed by the photographer again, dated and with copyright stamp (verso)
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33 cm), unframed
Edition of 72
(Accompanied by written certification)
Marilyn: Dior Dress III
(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
1962/2012
Digital pigment print
Titled, with edition number in red (recto); signed by the photographer and dated (verso)
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33 cm)
Edition of 72
(With copyright stamp, verso)
Literature: Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe.
The complete last sitting, Munich 1982/92, ill. p. 163
Marilyn: Pink Scarf
1962/2012
(from The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
Digital Pigment print
Hand-signed, titled, with edition number in black crayon (recto); signed by the photographer again, dated and with copyright stamp (verso)
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33 cm), unframed
Edition of 25
(Accompanied by written certification)
Marilyn (Blue)
1962/1973
(from The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
Screenprint on paper
Signed by the photographer, and numbered
40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm.), unframed
Edition of 300
Marilyn Monroe, Crucifix
(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
1962/2012
Digital pigment print
Signed by the photographer and numbered
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33 cm)
Edition of 50
(With copyright stamp, verso)
Marilyn Monroe
(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
1962/2012
Digital pigment print
Hand-titled (recto), signed by the photographer and numbered (recto)
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Edition of 72
(with copyright stamp, verso and written certification)
Naomi Campbell *
2006
Digital pigment print
Signed by the photographer in red crayon (recto)
19 x 13 ¼ inches (48.3 x 33.7 cm), unframed
Stamped by the photographer (verso)
Marilyn with Jewels
(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine)
1962/2012
Digital pigment print
Signed and titled on image in red crayon, with copyright stamp and date (verso)
19 x 12 inches (48.3 x 27.3 cm)
Marilyn with Pink Roses
(From The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue magazine)
1962/2012
Digital pigment print
Signed by the artist in red crayon (verso) and titled (recto)
19 x 13 ½ inches (48.3 x 34.3 cm)
(With copyright stamp, verso)
Marilyn (Gold) *
1973
Screenprint on gold foil
Signed by the artist in ink, and numbered
35 x 35 inches (89 x 89 cm)
Edition of 100
Marilyn (Arms Raised) *
(From The Last Sitting)
1962
Digital Pigment Print
Hand-signed by the photographer
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
Unique Proof
Bert Stern (American, b. 1929) is a renowned fashion and lifestyle photographer, known for his images of many of the 20th century’s most glamorous women, including Audrey Hepburn, Madonna, and Elizabeth Taylor. A self-taught photographer, Stern began his career as an assistant at Look magazine in 1946, going on to become the art director at Mayfair magazine in 1949. He became a sought-after commercial photographer, creating iconic images for advertising campaigns and magazine editorials.
His most famous work is a series known as The Last Sitting, comprising 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken over the course of three days in June 1962, only six weeks before the star’s death. In 2008, Stern recreated several of these images with the actress Lindsay Lohan for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York Magazine.
Richard Avedon (1923 – 2004) was an American photographer able to take his early successes in fashion photography and successfully expand them into the realm of …
Stern, Bert
His most famous work is a series known as The Last Sitting, comprising 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken over the course of three days in June 1962, only six weeks before the star’s death. In 2008, Stern recreated several of these images with the actress Lindsay Lohan for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York Magazine.