The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

July 7, 1962
(American, 1919–2008)
America, 20th century
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Gift from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz 2020.2
©1962 Allan Grant for LIFE Magazine
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=Allan Grant|year=July 7, 1962|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.2