In November, 1961, Douglas Kirkland spent one extraordinary evening with America's favorite star and sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe. Assigned by Look magazine to capture the blond bombshell for its 25th Anniversary cover, Kirkland chose to shoot her in the intimate confines of an unmade bed. For a few short hours, it was just the photographer and Marilyn, who was naked but for a thin silk sheet. The result is a series of among the most sensual, spontaneous, and flirtatious images ever taken of this Hollywood legend. For the first time in over forty years, they are collected here for an American audience.
