Beautiful vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Monroe taken during a Frank Powolny glamour shoot in 1953, signed and inscribed in bright white fountain pen, “To Vi – My thanks to you, Marilyn Monroe.” In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Monroe and Powolny most famously teamed up in 1953 for a series of stunning, artfully framed publicity stills for the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Immortalized for his classic World War II pinup of Betty Grable, Powolny remained a trusted photographer for Monroe throughout her career, and is noted as taking the last known still photographs of the starlet during production of Something's Got to Give, one week before she died in 1962. A stunning image boasting an unusually bright signature.
The Marc and Mary Perkins Collection.
