Over 3,700 unpublished photographs of Hollywood icon
Marilyn Monroe and a treasure trove of photos of legendary actors like
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are to go under the
hammer at a Profiles in History auction next month.
Dubbed 'the most important archive of iconic 20th century glamour
and fashion photography' by auction house, the auction will sell
celebrated photographer Milton H Greene's pictures of Monroe in an
auction on July 27, said a release.
Greene first encountered Monroe on assignment for Look Magazine in
1953. When the 26-year-old Greene sent her proofs from their first
sitting, Monroe "responded with two dozen roses and called to say they
were the most beautiful pictures she had ever seen."
The photographer and the actress became friends and went on to form
their own production company which produced films like 'Bus Stop' and
'The Prince and the Showgirl'.
Before marrying playwright Arthur Miller, Monroe lived with Greene
and his family in their Weston, Connecticut farmhouse during her hiatus
in 1955. Greene captured some of the most celebrated photographs taken
of Monroe during this period.
During their four years together, Greene photographed Monroe in 52
photographic sessions, from which 3,700 unpublished images are to be
sold in this auction.
The auction also features works by eminent photographers such as
Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, and Norman Parkinson.
Other high profile celebrity images represented in the archive
include over 70,000 unpublished images of stars like McQueen, Newman,
Taylor, Kim Novak, Susan Sarandon, Barbara Streisand, Natalie Wood,
Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Faye Dunaway,
Farrah Fawcett, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
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