Marilyn Monroe, 1961 - Douglas KIRKLAND

Marilyn Monroe, 1961

Douglas KIRKLAND

Marilyn MONROE, 1961, series: 'An evening with Marilyn'

Original photography

Pigment print on archival paper

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist

50,8 x 61 cm / 20 x 24 inch (size of the paper), edition of 25

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    A recent art, photography is nowadays more and more present in art galleries. Some, like the GADCOLLECTION Gallery , are even dedicated exclusively to this artistic field. Buying or gifting fine art photography has therefore become popular and popular. But what exactly is fine art photography ? What gives a photograph its value and why get it ?   The GADCOLLECTION Gallery intends to shed some light on you.     Douglas Kirkland, FAYE DUNAWAY AND DOUGLAS KIRKLAND, 1968     What is fine art photography?      An art photograph is a photograph taken by an artist and printed by him (directly or under his direction). The photograph must also be signed and numbered. Art photography therefore meets many criteria. However, there is not really an artistic definition of this notion, nor even technical criteria. Above all, it is a photo with artistic ...

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  • Douglas KIRKLAND

    Douglas KIRKLAND was born in 1934 in Toronto. Child, he has been amazed by Photography and his kith and kin became his very first models. Douglas KIRKLAND still does not know that during the next years, the most prominent Hollywood celebrities will pose in front of his camera. In the early stages of his career Douglas KIRKLAND worked in a small photo studio, in Richmond (Virginia). Thanks to his meetings, he discovered the photographs of Irving PENN. That was a revelation. Douglas KIRKLAND was fond of it, he sent several letters to the famous photographer and succeeded in becoming Irving PENN’s assistant. He is a quick learner but the meager salary was not enough and Irving PENN refused to increase his wage. We were in 1957, Douglas gave himself one year to carve out a place as photographer by his own mean. The road had been a bit longer. He constructed his portfolio step by step...

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Data sheet

Format : Square

Type : Color

Theme : Portrait

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