{"product_id":"25053-newman-arnold-monroe-marilyn-sandburg-carl-marilyn-monroe-and-carl-sandburg-beverly-hills-1962","title":"[Newman, Arnold. (1918–2006)] Monroe, Marilyn. (1926–1962) \u0026 Sandburg, Carl. (1878–1967) Marilyn Monroe and Carl Sandburg, Beverly Hills, 1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandid photograph of the famous actress and poet stretching in living room. 1962, printed later. Stamped on the verso by the photographer, very fine\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e 11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship, Newman captured the iconic actress Marilyn Monroe in a most unusual engagement with the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Carl Sandburg. For the last two years of her life, while she was struggling with mental illness and addiction, Monroe found solace in her friendship with Sandburg. In this series of Newman photographs, Monroe appears distinct from her image as a naive sex symbol and instead suggests an emotionally engaged human being. That complexity may be one of the reasons that Sandburg would choose one of these images for his memorial tribute to the actress in \u003cem\u003eLook\u003c\/em\u003e magazine’s September 11, 1962, issue, published just months after the photograph was taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn January 20th, 1962 a number of people were invited to Hollywood producer Henry Weinstein’s villa in Beverly Hills. Among them, Marilyn Monroe, the poet Carl Sandburg - and Arnold Newman. It was just seven months before the death of Marilyn Monroe. Newman recalls: \"There were about 7 or so people at dinner that night I took pictures. I didn't take pictures at dinner, I didn't want to break up the it up, you know, sometimes it's intruding. But that evening I started taking pictures. I had a 35 with me, and I start taking pictures of her, and then she said she couldn't sleep... She couldn't sleep at night. So Carl said to Marilyn: ”I'd show you the exercise that you before you go to bed.” And I have a whole series of pictures of her, showing how to do the exercise, or dancing with Carl.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArnold Newman is acknowledged as one of the great masters of photography of the 20th and 21st century. He is celebrated as the pioneer of ‘environmental portraiture’, photographing leading figures in the cultural and political world of post-war America and Europe. Furthermore, Newman is also known for his masterly composed abstract, still life and documentary photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62585702973599,"sku":"25053","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/MonroeSandburgPhotograph25053b.jpg?v=1763397912","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/25053-newman-arnold-monroe-marilyn-sandburg-carl-marilyn-monroe-and-carl-sandburg-beverly-hills-1962","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}