MARILYN MONROE B&W PHOTOGRAPH, MARCH 1955, SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPHER, ED FEINGERSH, FROM MARILYNS ESTATE. Start Price USD 3,500.00 Current Price USD 3,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 4,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 Location SANTA CRUZ See more about 'MARILYN MONROE B&W PHOTOGRAPH, MARCH 1955, SILVER PRINT' Description THIS LOT IS FROM JULIEN'S AUCTION, JUNE 2005, "PROPERTY FROM ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE, LOT 283, ED FEINGERSH, "MARILYN AND CHANEL #5", ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SILVER GELATIN PRINT, PRINTED AND FRAMED BY ED FEINGERSH FOR MARILYN IN 1955. THIS LOT SOLD FOR $4,500 PLUS 15% FOR THE AUTION COMMISSION. TOTAL PAID = $5,175.00. THIS IS A CANDID SHOT OF MARILYN, IN HER SUITE AT THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL, WEARING A GOLD LAMEE EVENING GOWN AS SHE APPLIES CHANEL #5, HER FAVORITE SCENT. (TO A REPORTER WHO ASK HER WHAT SHE WORE TO BED, MARILYN ONCE REPLIED "CHANEL #5"; SHE ALSO WORE IT TO OPENINGS AND OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS.) THIS WAS SHOT BY ED FEINGERSH WHO SPENT A WEEK SHADOWING MARILYN IN MARCH 1955, DOCUMENTING "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE", A STORY FOR THE JULY 1955 ISSUE OF REDBOOK MAGAZINE. MARILYN LOVED THIS SHOT OF HER SO MUCH, THAT ED MADE A PRINT AND MOUNTED IT FOR HER. SHE HAD IT HANGING ON THE WALL OF HER LIVING ROOM. AFTER SHE DIED IT BECAME A PART OF HER ESTATE. I BOUGHT IT 50 YEARS LATER AT JULIEN'S AUCTION IN 2005. I STILL REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME AS IT DID IN 1955. ED FEINGERSH WAS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER IN NEW YORK, WHO WAS COMMISSIONED BY REDBOOK MAGAZINE TO SHADOW THE STAR AND DOCUMENT HER LIFE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE NIGHT OF THE NEW YORK OPENING OF TENNESSEE WILLIAM'S "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" AT THE MORROCO THEATER. SHE WAS ESCORTED TO THE OPENING BY HER CONFIDANT AND BUSINESS ADVISOR, MILTON GREENE, AND BY MILTON'S WIFE, AMY. SHE STAYED AT THE GREENE'S COUNTRY HOME IN CONNECTICUT. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD THAT SHE STARTED PSYCHOANALYSIS AND STARTED WORKING WITH LEE STRASBERG OF THE ACTOR'S STUDIO. THE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS, MARILYN HAD ENDED HER MARRIAGE WITH JOE DIMAGGIO, AND HAD BEEN BADLY CRITICIZED FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS." SHE ESCAPED FROM L.A. TO CONNECTICUT IN ORDER TO RECOVER FROM HER TRAUMA'S OF THE PAST YEAR. IN MARCH 1985, ED FEINGERSH DIED. A FEW YEARS LATER MANY OF HIS CANDID PHOTOS FROM THIS SESSION APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE BOOK "MARILYN MARCH 1955, PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES BY ED FEINGERSH TEXT BY BOB LABRASCA." THE IMAGE DIMENSIONS ARE 12" BY 18". THE FRAMED DIMENSIONS ARE 21" BY 27". THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE PHOTOGRAPH, IT HAS BEEN PROTECTED FOR 53 YEARS, ALL MARKS AND SCRATCHES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES ARE ON THE GLASS OF THE FRAME. Place a Bid!