MARILYN MONROE 1955 *Handwritten Prose JULIEN'S AUCTIONS (COA) **HOLY GRAIL**1/1

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***** MARILYN MONROE (1/1) HANDWRITTEN PROSE 1955 WALDORF ASTORIA, JULIEN'S AUCTIONS (COA) *****
DESCRIPTION
:
A single sheet of hotel stationary from
The Waldorf Astoria, New York, where Monroe stayed between
April and September
1955,
with multiple verses in pencil and ink on front and back page.
The primary verse on recto
was written as Monroe observed Manhattan from her hotel suite at the hotel, reading in part, "Sooooo many lights
in the darkness/ making skeletons of buildings / and life in the streets".
A poem about trees that appears to begin in the upper left margin of recto and continues onto the lower right of verso
reads in full
"Sad, sweet trees-/ I
wish for you- rest / but you must be wakeful/ You must suffer-/ to loose (sic) your dark golden/
when you covering of / even dead leaves leave you/ strong and naked/ you must be-/ alive-when looking dead/ straight tough bend/
with wind/ And bear the pain & joy/ of newness on your limbs."
LITERATURE :
Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. fragments : Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters, Pages 7073.
New York : Farad, Strass and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print 10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches.
CONDITION
: This letter was folded in four making it somewhat of a 3 by 3 easy to carry note. The center fold is fragile
to handle, shows that it was opened and folded very many times, Marilyn perhaps ? Vintage & original 1955
Handwritten prose on official letterhead, The Towers of The Waldorf - Astoria, New York.
Please Note
: The original Julien's Auction catalogue and Monroe's black & white photo are not part of this sale.
The last photo shows the auction results for
lot #172 the only other
similar (Waldorf-Astoria) handwritten prose / message,
sold for ,750.00 USD.
******** ONE-OF-A-KIND HISTORICAL (1/1) MARILYN MONROE HOLY GRAIL MATERIAL********
PROVENANCE : Lot 171.Marilyn Monroe Auction-Property From the collection of David Gainsborough-Roberts,
the Estate of
Lee Strasberg, and Déjà vu. Julien's Auctions, 11/ 17 2016 (COA)
Marilyn Monroe resided at The Waldorf-Astoria for much of 1955 while dating Marlon Brando, paying ,000.00 a week.
Also written by Marilyn on the letterhead :
" Yet i'm not looking at these things i'm looking- for my Lover ".
There is a lot more for you to discover, Marilyn's private
thoughts written on this spectacular and very unique letterhead .
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MONROE 1955 THE WALDORF - ASTORIA HANDWRITTEN PROSE *****
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