Forever Marilyn (Palm Springs, CA) : Detail, metal replicating drapery of dress
- Creator:
- Johnson, J. Seward, 1930
- Published/Created:
- corner of Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way, exhibition site, Palm Springs, California, United States
2011 - Physical Description:
- 26 ft (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 1/2/2013
- Materials:
- painted stainless steel and aluminum
- Notes:
- The 26-foot-tall 34,000 pound sculpture, manufactured of painted stainless steel and aluminum, is a super-sized sculptural tribute to Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene from Billy Wilder's 1955 infidelity comedy, The Seven-Year Itch, with the figure imitating the instant that a blast of air raises her white dress. It was first exhibited in Chicago. The Sculpture Foundation, owners of Forever Marilyn, will be moving the statute to New Jersey for a 2014 exhibit honoring Johnson at the 42-acre Grounds For Sculpture.
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-JSEW-FMPS-A20
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
sculpture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1/2/2013 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10903316
- PID:
- digcoll:1792601