#2005 - Bert Stern

Marilyn Monroe, The Last Sitting, Hand on Face, Black Dior Dress, 1962
June 17, 2026
#2005 - Bert Stern
"An actor lives with the lie as if it were the truth. A false truth can offer more reality than the truth that was altered."

~ Bert Stern

Few photographs capture Marilyn Monroe with the quiet elegance and introspection found in Bert Stern's remarkable portrait of Marilyn Monroe.

Dressed in a simple black gown and lost in thought, Monroe appears almost unaware of the camera. Created during the final months of her life, Stern's photographs have become some of the most celebrated portraits in photographic history. 

We invite you to experience this extraordinary photograph and many others now on view at the gallery.