Note: I had one other of these I loved this one so much that when I had the opportunity to buy another one I did not hesitate and was only able to come across 2 during my entire time collecting, the other one sold already.

Selling my extremely rare Marilyn Monroe original photograph by photographer Bert Stern. Produced from the original negative in 2019. Here she is looking absolutely stunning in her famous nude Amber necklace sitting with Bert Stern. Excellent condition. Size 8x8 inch. The 3rd picture shows the starting price of a signed one at 4,200 euros (not included for reference only). This photo is not signed but regardless very rare and hard to find. From the collection of Keith Russell, a noted Marilyn Monroe photographic preservationist.

Read below for information regarding these last photo sessions of Marilyn with Bert Stern and if you’re interested please follow me for more rare original photos of Marilyn, I will be listing my entire collection. Thanks for your interest.

From the internet:

“1955: Bert met Marilyn. I guess "met" is an exaggeration. Stern had seen her once at a Manhattan cocktail party. He recalls, "I just glanced at her. She was under a light with a lot of guys around. I didn't have the courage to go and talk to her. I just noticed that she was startling."

1962: The year all of Bert's dreams came true. He proposed shooting Marilyn for Vogue, and Vogue said

yes.

March, 1962: Vogue arranges a shoot in Los Angeles and Bert does presumably what any man would do had they been allowed an intimate day and night with Marilyn Monroe. He had reserved them a suite at the Bel-Air Hotel; for the art of photography, of course. Although Bert later writes, "making love and making photographs were closely connected in my mind when it came to women," which makes me question how appropriate this "professional" day actually was. Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Early June, 1962: The first shoot, aka, the scarf shoot. Suite Number 261.

Late June, 1962: The second shoot was requested by Vogue. Alexander Liberman, Vogue's picture editor, loved the scarf photos, but requested Bert do more black and whites to better suit the magazine. He arranges a new session...3 full days...again at the Bel-Air, this time at the larger Bungalow Number 96.”

August 5, 1962: Marilyn Monroe was found dead of an "apparent barbiturate overdose." I put that in quotes because there is plenty of controversy about how she died. Was it a suicide? Was it murder? What exactly happened?”