The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

March 3, 1956
(American, 1905–1980)
America, 20th century
Gelatin silver prints mounted on card
Paper: 25.7 x 20 cm (10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Gift from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz 2020.11
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The contact sheet is a twentieth-century phenomenon.

Description

The contact sheet-- a piece of photographic paper which contains positive prints of some or all of the negatives on a roll of film—was necessitated by the advent of roll film, which produced small negatives, and rendered obsolete with the advent of digital photography. Having access to a photographer’s contact reveals the artists’ thoughts and working processes.
  • March 2, 2020
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-November 29, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=Marilyn Monroe|url=false|author=Earl Leaf|year=March 3, 1956|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.11