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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait photo of Monroe taken during a Frank Powolny glamour shoot in 1953, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Al Mazzola, It’s a pleasure to work with you, Marilyn Monroe.” The recipient was Al Mazzola, a Hollywood grip and camera department crew member who worked in the film industry during Monroe’s rise to stardom. In very fine condition, with poor contrast to her last name. 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.
The Marc and Mary Perkins Collection.
