On June 1, 1926, at 9:30 in the morning, a girl named Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles. She would become the most photographed woman of her time.
As Lorelei Lee, she danced her way into film history in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – pink satin dress, "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". As Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot, she lit up the screen and won a Golden Globe.
Her life ended in 1962, at just 36 – at her peak. And yet she's still here: more than sixty years on, still the most photographed woman of the 20th century, a face the world never let go of.
Six weeks before her death, Bert Stern took the photographs that became The Last Sitting. For her 100th birthday, three contemporary artists respond – with three signed collector editions you can access first.
Today, exactly one hundred years after her birth, your Early Access opens at 9:30 AM – on the hour. Tomorrow, the limited anniversary editions go live in our 19 galleries worldwide and to the LUMAS community of more than 350,000 collectors.
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