Lot 97: Photographs: Powolny, Frank 1901 Vienna - 1986

Photographs: Powolny, Frank
1901 Vienna - 1986 Valencia, California
Marilyn Monroe.
1953. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. Mat. 23,7 x 19cm (25,4 x 20,7cm). Numerals in the
negative below the image on the right. Verso marked with two agency stamps.
Handling traces.
Literature: Marilyn Monroe und die Kamera. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 2007. Cf. fig. title
and p. 79.
"Amongst the number of Marilyn photographs, it was the present photographic portrait taken
by Frank Powoly that immortalised her. Andy Warhol chose this image as the model for his
renowned screenprint series." (Translated from the German in the above-mentioned
publication, p. 78).