Norman Mailer. Bert Stern. Marilyn Monroe – XXL Collectors edition (Numbered & Signed)

Description

Hardcover in a clamshell box | 36 x 3.5 x 44 cm | 278pp

Taschen | 2011 | 9783836511858

Limited edition of 1962 copies – Copy number 0778Signed by Bert Stern

Condition
Ex-display copy in excellent condition.
Clamshell box has a mark to one corner – see final image.

Taschen has paired Mailers original text (his 1973 biographyMarilyn) with Bert Sterns extraordinary photographswidely considered the most intimate ever taken of Monroeto create a fitting tribute to the woman who, at the time of her death in 1962, was the worlds most famous, a symbol of glamour and eroticism for an entire generation. But though she was feted and adored by her public, her private life was that of a little girl lost, desperate to find love and security.Mailers Marilyn is beautiful, tragic, and complex.As Mailer reflects upon her lifefrom her bleak childhood through to the mysterious circumstances of her deathshe emerges as a symbol of the bizarre decade during which she reigned as Hollywoods greatest female star.

This book, conceived byLawrence Schiller, Mailers collaborator on five works, combines the authors masterful text with Sterns penetrating images of the 36-year-old Marilyn.Photographed forVoguemagazine over three days at the Bel-Air Hotel, Marilyn had never allowed such unfettered access, nor had she looked so breathtakingly beautiful.Six weeks later, mysteriously, she was dead. In this bold synthesis of literary classic and legendary portrait sitting, Mailer and Stern lift the veils of confusion surrounding Monroethe woman, the star, the sex symboland offer profound insight into an iconic figure whose true personality remains an enigma even today.

The photographer

Bert Stern(19292013) was one of Americas greatest portrait photographers, who during the 1960s produced 200 pages annually forVogue, as well as many of the most important print and television advertising campaigns. He is best known for his revolutionary print ads for Smirnoff and for his portrait series ofMarilyn Monroe, taken just six weeks before her death. Stern lived and worked in New York City.

The author

Norman Mailer (19232007) was one of the 20th centurys most inuential writers, and one of Americas most renowned and controversial literary gures. The best-selling author of a dozen novels and 20 works of nonction, he also wrote plays, screenplays, television miniseries, hundreds of essays, two books of poetry, and a collection of short stories. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he lived in Brooklyn, New York, and Provincetown, Massachusetts.