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© Bert Stern
Expositions du 24/4/2015 au 20/6/2015 Terminé
Staley-Wise Gallery 100 Crosby Street, Suite 305 NY10012 New York États-Unis
Staley-Wise Gallery 100 Crosby Street, Suite 305 NY10012 New York États-Unis
Staley-Wise is the official authorized dealer for Bert Stern photographs.
Bert Stern conceived of his ultimate photographic romance with a vivacious woman on his flight to Rome in thespring of 1962. He was at the height of his success, eagerly sought after by art directors and fashion editors, and able to gain access to nearly any celebrity- so why not America’s leading sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe. Bert Stern wanted more than a historically iconic image of the movie star: “ What I wanted from Marilyn Monroe was the nudes because I couldn’t think of anything to put on her.” In his book The Last Sitting, Bert Stern commented, “ I was preparing for Marilyn’s arrival like a lover, and yet I was here to take photographs. Not to take her in my arms, but to turn her into tones, and planes, and shapes, and ultimately an image for the printed page.”