Public Image
Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Public Image

Marilyn on Marilyn


1960
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 3/4 in. (20.3 × 27.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0324
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Monroe) 8/62 2)PUBLIC IMAGE: "Everything's so wonderful - people \ are so kind - but I feel as though it's all happening to \ someone right next to me. I'm close - but it isn't really me." \ Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson c 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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