Beautiful vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 photo of Monroe taken during a Frank Powolny glamour shoot in 1953, signed and inscribed in white fountain pen, “To Joseph Shapiro, Love & Kisses, Marilyn Monroe.” In fine condition, with some trivial chips to the border edges. 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 the production of Something's Got to Give, one week before she died in 1962.
The Marc and Mary Perkins Collection.
