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Marilyn Monroe

1952

Philippe Halsman

(American, 1906–1979)
Culture
America
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz 2020.8
Copyright
© Halsman Archive
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Location
Not on view
Print
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The contact sheet is a twentieth-century phenomenon

Description

The contact sheet-- a piece of photographic paper which contains positive prints of some or all of the negatives on a roll of film—was necessitated by the advent of roll film, which produced small negatives, and rendered obsolete with the advent of digital photography. Having access to a photographer’s contact reveals the artists’ thoughts and working processes.
Four rows of three black-and-white photographs depict a woman with light skin tone and short blonde hair standing between a dark door and a light wall with a switch. She wears a white, off-the-shoulder, gathered dress. Across the individual frames, her poses and expressions subtly shift as she tilts her head, gazes toward the camera, and adjusts her arms against her sides or the wall.

Marilyn Monroe

1952

Philippe Halsman

(American, 1906–1979)
America

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