Henri Cartier-Bresson - Marilyn Monroe in Reno - image-1

Lot 103 D

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Marilyn Monroe in Reno

Auction 1050 - overview Cologne
29.05.2015, 14:30 - Photography
Estimate: 9.000 € - 12.000 €

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Marilyn Monroe in Reno
1961

Gelatin silver print, printed later. 35.8 x 23.8 cm (40.2 x 29.9 cm). Signed in felt tip pen and photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin. - Matted and framed.

The shot shows Marilyn Monroe during the shooting for her last completed film The Misfits. Alongside Clarke Gable, she took on the role of Rosalyn Taber, a former dancer, who breaks out of her previous life in search of more meaningfulness and recognition. Monroe's husband at the time, Arthur Miller, who was responsible for the screenplay, had written this role specifically for his wife.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin

Literature

Pieyre de Mandiargues, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Photoportraits, München 1985, S. 144 mit Abb.; Ernst H. Gombrich, Tete à Tete. Portraits von Henri Cartier-Bresson, München 1998, S. 101 mit Abb.