Giclee, high weight satin paper (275g);
71 x 56 framed; framed in a double frame, 81 x 66 cm.
Photograph from the series "The Last Sitting".
Bert Stern - world fame and recognition came to him with a series of photographs known as The Last Sitting, which was a collection of 2,500 photographs taken for Vogue magazine, featuring actress Marilyn Monroe. The photo shoot took place in 1962, at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, and lasted 3 days (this was 6 weeks before the actress' death). Stern's album, The Last Sitting, was published in 1982, and again in 2000, enjoying great popularity due to the fact that it was the actress' last photo shoot before her death. He was also the author of an advertising campaign for Smirnoff vodka, the photos were presented on the famous Madison Avenue in New York.
