Marilyn Monroe Nude on Bed by Bert Stern, The Last Sitting, Black-and-White Celebrity Portrait 1960s

From the Last Sitting for Vogue, Marilyn Monroe Nude on the Bed, 1962 by Bert Stern, a digital print, 13" x 19," numbered 34/50. Signed, dated, and numbered on verso (back of photo). Titled, dated, signed in red on image recto (front of photo). Printed in 2013. Provenance: private collector.Bert Stern famously captured Marilyn Monroe in The Last Sitting, the actress’s last group of portraits taken six weeks before her death. Stern pioneered a photographic aesthetic, with emotionally direct images that strove not only to showcase the human figure but also to capture a sense of the subject’s psychology. “What makes a great model is her need, her desire; and it’s exciting to photograph desire,” Stern once said.***Artist’s Bio:"Bert Stern (1929-2013) pioneered a photographic aesthetic, with emotionally direct images that strove not only to showcase the human figure but also to capture a sense of the subject's psychology. ""What makes a great model is her need, her desire; and it's exciting