This incredible photo of Marilyn by Bert Stern is called "Busty Beads". This is #2 of only 10 artist proofs printed of this photo. This photo was purchased directly from the Bert Stern estate. It is signed. The photo is hand signed in red pencil by Bert Stern on the verso and recto of the pic and on the COA. Excellent condition! The paper is 13 x 19" The image fills up most of the page. Photos by Stern with higher number editions than this one are online now for $10,000 - $20,000. Not only is it mesmerizing but an incredible investment. Marilyn Monroe "Busty Beads", Also this is the 95th anniversary of her birth. Pictured from Stern's book "The Last Sitting" page 85 (Full page) and page 86 as part of a colored contact sheet. from Bert Stern's "Marilyn Monroe The Complete Last Sitting" published by Schirmer Art Books, 1982. This Marilyn Monroe photo by Bert Stern from "Marilyn Monroe The Complete Last Sitting" was published by Schirmer Art Books in 1982. This photo was taken just 6 weeks prior to her untimely and tragic death (August 5, 1962). She was born on June 1, 1926 under her original name "Norma Jeane Baker". As most know she was an American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950's. In 1982, the twentieth anniversary of Monroe's death, Stern published the "Last Sitting". The "Last Sitting is a book and photo shoot by Bert Stern as commissioned by Vogue. The shoot took over 3 weeks to complete with over 2500 images that Stern had shot. The pic helps is represented as a Celebration of Life given that 2021 is the 95th anniversary of death. Congratulations to the winning bidder. You will never get tired of looking at her!