EARLY MARILYN MONROE PORTRAIT PHOTO JOSEPH JASGUR FILE COPY NM 1987

Description

MARILYN MONROE EARLY PORTRAIT PHOTO
B
y Joseph Jasgur (File Copy; circa 1946);
Photo Originates from the Estate of Joseph Jasgur
SINGLE WEIGHT;  7 3/8" x 9 1/2" (image size), 8" x 10" (backing size)
NEAR MINT CONDITION
ESTIMATED PRINT DATE: 1980s
Beautiful early Marilyn Monroe portrait shot by Joseph Jasgur!
T
his photo was hand printed by Jasgur himself and served as one of his personal file copies.
Note that the verso has numerous Jasgur stamps that he added over time to enforce his copyright.  These file copies were often used by media outlets (magazines, newspapers) for publication.  The copyright notation dated 1987 at the verso was added at the recommendation of Jasgur's attorney.  Note that the photo may have been produced earlier (the legal recommendation came in 1987), but since we are not able to verify this we are dating it as 1987.  Various Jasgur negative/filing numbers are also evident at the verso as Jasgur changed his numbering system over the years.  This photo is guaranteed hand developed, printed and produced by photographer Joseph Jasgur himself.  It is not a modern print.  It is not computer generated.
Marilyn Monroe Jasgur File Copies
Los Angeles based photographer Joseph Jasgur was only 26 years old when an unknown teenaged aspiring model named Norma Jean Daugherty first walked into his studio in 1946 for some glamour shots.
Little did he know at the time that he was shooting over the course of three weeks, some of the earliest known modeling photographs of the great soon-to-be Marilyn Monroe.
Jasgur’s photos of the young fresh-faced Monroe are iconic, many of them working their way into the portfolio Monroe showed 20
th
Century Fox when they first signed her.
While Jasgur spent the rest of his long career photographing Hollywood celebrities and notorious crime scenes, it is his Monroe photographs that he is most remembered for.
Jasgur died in 2009, two days shy of his 90
th
birthday.
The contents of his estate were soon disbursed through a series of noteworthy sales and we were very fortunate to have acquired some of the choice Monroe material from the Jasgur estate.
The Marilyn Monroe photograph listed here is one of Jasgur’s personal file copies.
Many such copies are mounted to gray or white backing board for filing and contain Jasgur’s assigned inventory number and signature.
Some
are also stamped with a copyright notice (he’d been advised to do so years after originally printing the photographs).
Our Jasgur Monroe photograph listings are a rare opportunity to acquire historic images hand produced and maintained by the celebrated photographer himself.
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SHIPPING/POST-SALE
:  All of our photos come packed in clear sleeves with backing boards to insure archival protection.  An invoice will be issued shortly after purchase.  Domestic shipping is by USPS.  International shipping is by USPS and charges are determined based on destination and weight; email us for a quote.  All shipments are carefully packaged.  Packages generally ship within a few days following receipt of payment.  We happily combine shipping charges for multiple purchases.
GRADING
: We use comic book grading standards, as defined by Overstreet and Comic Guarantee Corp., for grading all of our paper collectibles.   These strict standards are well-developed and widely accepted.  The various grades we use are generally applied as follows:
Near Mint
- item is bright and clean, virtually defect-free and appears "like new"... image is sharp... any defects would be barely perceptible and only visible upon close inspection.
Very Fine / Near Mint
- at first glance appears near mint but upon close inspection very minor degradation or one or two very small defects become apparent.
Very Fine
- generally clean and bright and still high grade and desirable but may have a few small defects (e.g., minor corner crease, light bend, subtle image degradation, etc.).
Fine
- average grade... nice collectible item but defects are more noticable and apparent.. may have some soiling or image issues.
Very Good
- lower grade... wear and tear is readily apparent... item is still complete though.
Good
-  low grade... heavy defects... could be a piece missing from a corner or a major tear.
Fair or poor
- the lowest grades... we generally only offer items in this condition if they are hard to find.
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