Marilyn Steps Into Summer in Switzerland

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Marilyn graces the latest cover of Swiss news weekly Die Weltwoche‘s lifestyle section, Lebenskunst, with a caption reading ‘Summertime at last.’ The heavily colourised image shows a bikini-clad Marilyn reading on a sun-lounger in the garden of agent Johnny Hyde’s Holmby Hills mansion, captured by photographer Earl Leaf in 1950.

A similar print, colourised by Martin Konopacki in 2014 is available to purchase from the Fine Art America website; while the original black and white photo was published in a US ‘bookazine,’ Marilyn: The Untold Story – alongside a misattributed quote.

Continuing with the vintage theme, this week’s Die Weltwoche features another blonde icon, Brigitte Bardot, on its front page (#26, dated June 27.)

And finally, here’s some more photos from Earl Leaf…

Thanks to Regula at Marilyn Remembered