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Autograph. Elton JOHN.

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Autograph. Elton JOHN.
 Elton JOHN.
1947

Elton John's autograph on Eve Arnold's photo book on Marilyn Monroe. 1987

?Presented to Ian Smith To mark the Release of Candle in the Wind. Elton John?

A volume in folio. Binding in gray cloth, with title and photo, black and white and colored photographs of different sizes. Attached is an original black and white photograph of the actress in guêpière. Excellent state of conservation.

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This is the famous' Marilyn Monroe. An Appreciation by Eve Arnold '. Eve Arnold, 1912 -2012, from the United States, one of the greatest photographers of the 1900s and the first woman to enter in the Magnum Photos agency. In 1955, during a party in a club he met Marilyn Monroe, then in full ascent. Between the two begins a deep friendship that will continue until the premature death of the actress.Candle in the Wind, to which the ex-libris refers, was composed by Elton John in 1973 with a text by Bernie Taupin, inspired by the untimely death of Marilyn Monroe.
tue 11 February 2025
Via dei Soncin, 28 35122 Padova
EXHIBITION: 6-8 February 2024 on appointment only.