Lot 22 – A JOSHUA LOGAN GIFTED TRIPTYCH

A 1956 photograph of Marilyn Monroe Miller taken by society photographer Cecil Beaton, together with a handwritten message about Marilyn, reading in part:

“But the real marvel is the paradox – somehow we know that this extraordinary performance is pure charade, a little girl’s caricature of Mae West. The puzzling truth is that Miss Monroe is a make-believe siren, unsophisticated as a Rhine maiden, innocent as a sleepwalker. She is an urchin pretending to be grown-up, having the time of her life in mother’s moth-eaten finery, tottering about in high-heeled shoes and sipping gingerale as though it were a champagne cocktail. There is an otherworldly, a winsome naiveté about the child’s eyes…”

Estimate: $15,000-20,000
Selling Price: $145,500