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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

Unseen photographs of Marilyn Monroe captured weeks before her death set for display in honor of icon’s 100th birthday

Marilyn Monroe, Ballerina Sitting, 1954, by Milton H. Greene, Milton H. Greene © MHG Collective, LLC.

The National Portrait Gallery is set to celebrate what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday (born June 1, 1926) by hosting an exhibition that will explore her life, career and legacy. Marilyn was one of the most photographed people of the 20th century, but Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait is set to wow audiences by displaying previously unseen portraits from Allan Grant’s famous Life magazine photoshoot, which took place at Monroe’s Brentwood residence just weeks before her untimely death in August 1962.

Marilyn Monroe by Allan Grant (1955) (Image credit: © 1962 MM LLC (Photograph by Allan Grant))
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