Lot 73211 · 2021 April 12 Photographs Signature Auction - Dallas
Marilyn Monroe posing for her first LIFE Magazine cover
Philippe Halsman · Gelatin silver
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2021 April 12 Photographs Signature Auction - Dallas · 12 April 2021
- Dimensions
- 10 x 8-1/8 inches (25.4 x 20.6 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13565054
- Record
- first seen 6 Aug 2026 · updated 7 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Philippe Halsman, Marilyn Monroe posing for her first LIFE Magazine cover. Heritage Auctions, 12 Apr 2021, lot 73211. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13565054.
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Philippe Halsman, Marilyn Monroe posing for her first LIFE Magazine cover. Heritage Auctions, 12 Apr 2021, lot 73211. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13565054.
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From the same sale 2021 April 12 Photographs Signature Auction - Dallas · Apr 2021
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