Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 236

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
KELLEY, TOM (1914-1984)
Marilyn Monroe on the Red Velvet. Chromogenic print, 14 1/2x11 inches (36.8x27.9 cm.), with Kelley's signature, in ink, and the edition notation on recto. 1949; printed circa 1980
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The famous and earliest picture of Marilyn, which would define her image and career. The picture was later reproduced in Playboy magazine's inaugural issue, in 1953.