BERT STERN (1929-2013): MARILYN MONROE ON THE MOON.

His pictures of Marilyn Monroe were some of the last ever taken and his commercial work was some of the first to innovate the advertising image. Bert Stern (1929 2013) was an American photographer whose career was built on endings and beginnings. His iconic last sitting with Marilyn Monroe immortalized the star just weeks before her death and his work amongst the real Mad Men of New York changed the way images worked in advertising. Becoming a regular contributor at Vogue, with relative freedom, Stern designed the shoot that would cement his fame. A collection of 2,500 photographs taken over a three-day period, The Last Sitting captured Marilyn nude, draped in scarves, pearls, paper flowers and bedsheets in a suite at the Bel-Air Hotel. MARILYN MONROE ON THE MOON - Photographer Bert Stern. Signed, editioned 17/50. Copyright stamped and supplied with Bert Stern coa. Digital glossy print. Printed in 2002. Image size: 10.5x9.75 inches.