Pressure of Fame
Photograph
Pressure of Fame
Marilyn on Marilyn
1960
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.9 × 16 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0323
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Monroe) 8/62 1) PRESSUE OF FAME. Prophetically Marilyn said recently \ "It might be kind of a relief to be finished." The star called \ fame "fickle" and intimated she would be happy to get out from \ under the pressure of the life she was forced to lead. Here, \ she stands on location in the Nevada desert, waiting for her / cue in "The Misfits". \ Credit: Ernst Haas © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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