NEW YORK and BERLIN, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

artnet Online Auctions (http://www.artnetonlineauctions.com) launches
sale of Marilyn Monroe Photographs featuring 60 works by renowned
photographers including nine limited edition Bert Stern prints from "The Lost
Sitting."

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090210/NY68450 )

-- 60 works by 15 photographers
    -- Price estimates range between US $500 and US $30,000
    -- February 10-24
    -- Highlights include nine limited edition Bert Stern prints from
       "The Lost Sitting"

From February 10-24 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of
60 photographs of the legendary screen icon Marilyn Monroe by renowned
photographers including Bert Stern, George Barris, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Ken
Galente, and George Zimbel. The sale chronicles Monroe's rise from a young
ingenue to the height of fame just weeks before her tragic death.

Leading the sale is a collection of nine limited edition prints taken at
Monroe's last session with Bert Stern in 1962 for America Vogue known as "The
Last Sitting." It was believed that these transparencies, now known as "The
Lost Sitting" were lost forever, until they were recently discovered,
recovered and restored. Included in this collection is a portfolio of six
images of Marilyn Monroe as Jacqueline Kennedy (estimate for the portfolio:
US$20,000-30,000).

Other works in the sale reveal Monroe's transformation from a young Norma
Jean to a glamorous screen siren. A rare portfolio of 12 vintage prints taken
by Andre De Dienes from 1945-1953 captures the youthful innocence of the
undiscovered ingenue (estimate: US$4,500-5,500) while her emergence as
starlet is masterfully captured in three 1949 gelatin silver prints by Laszlo
Willinger (estimates: US$750-1,200).

A luminous Monroe is captured on her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio in five
1954 gelatin silver prints by Kashio Aoki (estimates: US$700-900 each). The
sale also features classic black and white photographs from "The Seven Year
Itch" by Ken Galente (estimate: US$800-US$1,000) and George Zimbel (estimate:
US$2,000-2,500).

Rounding out the sale is a group of 15 color photographs from The Last
Photos taken by George Barris in 1962. The series depicts an exuberant Monroe
laughing, flirting and enjoying the Santa Monica surf in what would be the
final year of her life.

Sale Contacts:
    Christopher Sweet
    Photography Specialist
    csweet@artnet.com
    +1-212-497-9700 ext. 165

    Susanna Wenniger
    Photography Specialist
    swenniger@artnet.com
    +1-212-497-9700 ext. 172

    Max Wolf
    Auctions Specialist
    mwolf@artnet.com
    +1-212-497-9700 ext. 399

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