Title: | Pensive Marilyn |
Inventory#: | EISENA100193 |
Size: | 10" x 10" |
Frame Size: | 18" x 18" |
Medium: | Color Print |
Price: | $2,450 |
Title: "Pensive Marilyn (eyes open, hand on cheek-#3)" Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt Date: 1953 Location: Hollywood, CA
Print Size Edition Size Notes
16x16 80/AP8/PP8/EP4 Embossed
Description:
image size: 10x10. This image is part of a suite of four color photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Photographed on the small patio behind Marilyn's Hollywood home, this image appeared in the book, "Witness to Our Time," a collection of some of Alfred Eisenstaedt's favorite photographs. Marilyn Monroe enchanted the photographer when they met in 1953. She sat on his lap and so flustered him that he set up his camera incorrectly and shot color film as black & white exposures. However, Marilyn was happy with the result. She wrote, "You made a palace out of my patio."
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995)
Photographer
Alfred Eisenstaedt, or “Eisie,” as his friends called him, was born of well-
to-do parents in Dirchau, West Prussia (now part of Poland), in 1898.
As a boy, Alfred enjoyed listening to symphonies and even thought of studying to become a musician. But on his thirteenth birthday an uncle presented him with a gift; this folding Eastman Kodak Number Three led Eisie to his lifelong dedication to photography. After being drafted into the German army and recovering from a crippling war injury, Eisie became a familiar figure at the local art museums. There he studied the paintings of the masters, particularly with an eye to their handling of composition and lighting.
By 1929 Eisie was earning more as a freelance photographer than he was as a salesman. Within days of deciding to take photos full-time, Pacific and Atlantic Photos (later the Associated Press) sent him on assignment to Stockholm. He continued to build a name for himself by taking pictures of topical interest. In 1932, Eisie bought his first Leica, the 35mm camera that was revolutionizing photojournalism.
In 1935 Eisie left Europe, arriving in New York at the end of November. After presenting some of his recent work to executive editor Daniel Longwell of LIFE, Eisie was hired. Within a few months Eisie had become one of the four staff photographers for the new magazine. Considered one of the foremost photojournalists of this century, Eisenstaedt has been given a multitude of exhibitions, awards, and medals.