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Bert Stern - Marilyn Monroe, \'The Last Sitting\', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh \'Mois de la Photo à Paris\', 1992

Bert Stern

Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992

Found at Christies, New York
Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection, Lot 51
16. DEC - 17. DEC 2008
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
BERT STERN (B. 1929)
Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992
36 gelatin silver prints (8 hand colored, 4 hand tinted, 9 platinum-toned) and 23 chromogenic prints, printed 1991
each signed, dated and numbered '1/25', '1/36' or '1/50' in wax pencil (on the recto) or (in the margin); each with exhibition label affixed (on the frame backing)
varying sizes from 39 x 59½in. (99 x 151.1cm.) to 18½ x 18 5/8in. (47 x 47.3cm.) (59)

A top price for Bert Stern - as previously expected

In December 2008 Christies in New York held the auction Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection, which included the work Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992 by Bert Stern. It changed hands for a price of USD 146,500.00 (€ 105,251.81) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992 is the most expensive artwork by Bert Stern that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im Dezember 2008 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992 von Bert Stern zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 146.500,00 (€ 105.251,81) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Marilyn Monroe, 'The Last Sitting', 1962, an exhibition presented at seventh 'Mois de la Photo à Paris', 1992 das teuerste Kunstwerk von Bert Stern, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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