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THBRichard C. Miller (Lot of Five)
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2525 Michigan Ave Suite A5 + B7
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
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LiveOct 7, 2018
Secondary Market: Paintings, Prints, Photography, Sculpture Santa Monica Auctions info@smauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Norma Jeane Dougherty (Marilyn Monroe) in Wedding Dress with Prayer Book, 1946
Vintage Carbro print
Image: 15 x 12.5 inches; Framed: 28.5 x 24.5 inches
Signed by Miller in ink on recto, signed and annotated on verso
Original Model Release
Hand-signed by Norma Jeane Dougherty with her Nebraska Avenue, West LA address
March 26, 1946
4.24 x 5.5 inches
Self-Portrait with Norma Jeane, 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print
5 x 4 inches
Annotated by Miller in pencil on verso, "Dick and Norma Jeane"
Prayer book owned by Margaret Dudley Miller, wife of Richard C. Miller, with her name embossed on the cover
This is the book Norma Jeane Dougherty is holding in the photograph
5.875 x 4 x .5 inches
Norma Jeane Portfolio
A linen clamshell box containing 12 recent archival pigment prints of Norma Jeane Dougherty, all images from 1946.
Each image 19.5 x 15 inches
Edition of 50
Signed in pencil by Miller on recto
Provenance: Estate of Richard C. Miller and Craig Krull Gallery
Exhibited: J. Paul Getty Museum
This is a one of a kind Carbro print done in 1946 by Richard C. Miller of a then Norma Jeane Dougherty (Marilyn Monroe) for the cover of Personal Romances magazine. The photographer met Norma Jeane in the spring of 1946, when she was just 19 years old. Miller was one of the first photographers to work with Norma Jeane during this early period in her blossoming modeling career with the Blue Book Modeling Agency. Among the many images that Miller made of her, this photograph depicts Norma Jeane wearing the wedding dress from her marriage to James Dougherty. In her hands is a prayer book belonging to Miller’s wife, Margaret Dudley Miller which is included in the lot. A variant of this image, with Norma Jeane facing right, appeared on the cover of Personal Romances magazine in June of 1947. As the variation was only used during the production of the magazine, it was probably lost, making this photograph likely the only existing print from that session. Carbro printing is one of the finest and most archival color printing processes, which requires the precise registration of layers of carbon pigment. Miller was one of the masters of this technique, and this Carbro print of Norma Jeane was included in an exhibition of Miller’s photographs at the Getty Museum in 2009, alongside the work of another important Carbro artist, Paul Outerbridge.
This print is accompanied by the original model release signed by Norma Jeane Dougherty in 1946. The auction lot also includes a portfolio of 12 recent archival pigment prints from Miller’s photography sessions with Norma Jeane in 1946. Regarding his work with Norma Jeane, Miller said, “I had no idea when I was taking these pictures that she would become famous and that the pictures would become valuable. She was just a nice, sweet attractive girl with outrageous ambitions. I just had no idea.” Years later, Miller was photographing on the set of Some Like It Hot, when Marilyn Monroe passed by and said, “Hi Dick.” Dumbfounded that she even recalled who he was, he said nothing in return, not knowing if he should call her Marilyn, Norma Jeane, or “Nonny,” the nickname that Miller’s daughters had given her when she used to come over for dinner. - Shipping Info
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