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These Rare Marilyn Monroe Pictures Are Stunning

These Rare Marilyn Monroe Pictures Are Stunning

A reminder why she's still the poster girl for Hollywood glamour

Photo: Milton H Green (c) 2017/Joshua Greene

Never-before-seen photos of the Hollywood icon from a new book, The Essential Marilyn Monroe

From: Harper's BAZAAR UK

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This rare and previously unpublished photo was taken at the guest villa of Joseph Schenk's estate in October, 1953.

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The 'Ballerina Sitting' was named by Time magazine in 1999 as one of the top three photographs of the 20th century. It was taken in Greene's New York studio in 1954.

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In October 1955, Greene selected two outfits from a rack of clothes left over from a fashion shoot and used Marilyn as a model while setting up lights for two shoots the next day.

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The film star posed in oriental gowns for a shoot with Look magazine in 1955.

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Marilyn was captured sitting on the floor as a result of a sprained ankle during a shoot with Look magazine in 1953. This photo was considered risqué at the time and has not been published again until now.

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Dressed as a gypsy palm reader after ransacking the 20th Century Fox costume department with photographer Milton Greene in April 1956.

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Taken in a New York hotel room in September 1954.

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Marilyn wore a red cashmere sweater for this photo series taken in July 1955.

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Pictured wearing a trouser suit by Jax of Hollywood for a photoshoot in New York City, March 1955.

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In a negligee adorned with fur and a diamond bracelet, September 1953.

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Marilyn had just finished doing her makeup when she was captured in a white robe in March 1955.

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