Photographs of Marilyn Monroe appearing relaxed and lounging around a New York apartment nine months before she died were unveiled on Friday after being held in a private archive for more than 45 years.
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Photographer Len Steckler shot the black-and-white images of Marilyn Monroe when she unexpectedly arrived at his apartment in December, 1961, to visit his friend, Pulitzer-prize winning poet Carl Sandburg. Steckler is offering them for a sale as a limited-edition series called “Marilyn Monroe: The Visit.”
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Photographer Len Steckler is offering the Marilyn Monroe shots for a sale as a limited-edition series called “Marilyn Monroe: The Visit.” The pictures to be sold — four single images and two triptychs, or pictures in three parts — show Monroe wearing pointed, thick-rimmed sunglasses and a short sleeve dress while talking and laughing with poet Carl Sandburg. Also offered will be 250 prints of each piece.
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