andre-de-dienes-american-1913-1985-i-marilyn-monroe-i-complete-box-set-and-exhibition-invitation
Lot 3352
André de Dienes (American, 1913-1985), Marilyn Monroe Complete Box Set and Exhibition Invitation
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Box set: copy number 13,529/20,000 of André de Dienes' Taschen Marilyn box set, published in Italy 2002, to include a large coffee table book with photographs of Marilyn, a replica of Dienes' journal recounting his experiences with Marilyn, and a compilation of various advertisements featuring Monroe (later printings); presented in portfolio cover that is a replica of the box in which Dienes held film for Marilyn shoots.

To also include an invitation to an exhibition opening for André de Dienes featuring a photograph of Monroe on the cover, 2006, unframed.

Portfolio 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 3 in.; Invitation 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Invitation in good condition with few negligible scuffs only visible in raking light and slight toning. Box set also in good condition with some minor signs of age (few slight creases, tear to interior portfolio cover, few spots and minor yellowing).