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Marilyn Monroe exhibition photographs
PASC.0243  
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Marilyn Monroe exhibition photographs
    Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0243
    Physical Description: 12.0 Linear Feet (7 flat boxes and 5 oversize flat boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1975-1976
    Abstract: Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller published the book, Marilyn Pictures by the World's Foremost Photographers, ca. 1973. The collection consists of a set of original photographic art prints (oversize and poster size) of Marilyn Monroe as displayed in Peri's Pictures' Marilyn Monroe Exhibition.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift, 1985.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Photographs (Collection PASC 243). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9946688513606533 

    Biography

    Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller published the book, Marilyn: Pictures by the World's Foremost Photographers, ca. 1973. To promote the publication, photographs were generated from the book and used in three exhibitions titled, Marilyn Monroe: The Legend, The Truth. Peri's Pictures acquired the exhibits' photographs which were displayed at Peri's Santa Monica Gallery under the title, Marilyn Monroe Exhibition (ca. 1970s-1980s).

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of a set of original photographic art prints of Marilyn Monroe as displayed in Peri's Pictures', Marilyn Monroe Exhibition. Includes oversize and poster size photographic prints most which were originally found in the publication, Marilyn Monroe: The Legend, The Truth. Includes images originally created ca. 1945-ca. 1952 by photographers such as Eve Arnold, George Barris, John Bryson, Andre de Dienes, Milton Greene, Lawrence Schiller, Sam Shaw and others. Whenever possible the processor has tried to identify the photographer.

    Organization and Arrangement

    The collection is loosely arranged by what appears to be the photographer.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archives.
    Monroe, Marilyn -- Photographs