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Marilyn Monroe Red Velvet and Golden Dreams Collection

The Lexington Hotel in New York City, in collaboration with Linda Goldenstein, owner of Goldenstein Gallery, had the pleasure and honor to exhibit Marilyn Monroe's "Red Velvet & Golden Dreams" Collection. This collection features rare color separations of Marilyn Monroe from 1950, which were on display in the “Norma Jeane Suite,” where Monroe herself once lived. Valued at over $4 million, the collection was shown exclusively at The Lexington Hotel for a limited time from March 26 to April 7, 2019 along with additional pinup calendars and memorabilia. Now this collection heads to L'Auberge de Sedona in Sedona, Arizona. 

The “Golden Dreams” Color Separation Collection includes 21 original large format film positives and negatives created in 1950 by the John Baumgarth Company to produce Monroe’s “Golden Dreams” calendars. These films were created through a labor-intensive process known as the “indirect separation” process, which involved multiple stages of photo development and refinement and many hand corrections to obtain the desired results. The collection has museum-quality archival acrylic mounting, as pictured to the left. The Collection is available to collect (or purchase).

Please contact us at 928.204.1765 for inquiries. We would love to set up a time with you for a private viewing. 

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