THE PRINCES OF THE FLOWER VALLEY PURGATORY: VII | “THE DIVINE COMEDY” ILLUSTRATIONS – SALVADOR DALÍ, 1950 [watercolor and pencil on paper | 16.4 x 11.9″]

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio at the premiere of "The Seven Year Itch" in New York, NY in June, 1955. Photo by Sam Shaw.

Ani imôto (1953), dir. Mikio Naruse

British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing a grey gabardine dress by Dorville at George Airfield in Nairobi, Kenya, South Africa, next to a Hermes aeroplane for British Vogue, May 1951.

MAN RAY / ÉTOILE DE MER / 1956 [gouache, diamante and sandpaper mounted on slate | 6.9 x 9.2″]

Ani imôto (1953), dir. Mikio Naruse

Ray Guns of the 1930s-1950s

AUTUMNAL MEDITATION GIORGIO DE CHIRICO // c. 1958-59 [oil on canvas | 15.7 x 19.8″]

The gorgeous Marpessa Dawn with her husband, Eric Vander.

Marilyn Monroe photographed in Laurel Canyon, LA, by Milton Greene. September 1953.

VOYAGES FANTASTIQUES BERNARD BUFFET // 1958 [drypoint | 16 1/8 x 12 7/8″]

The Durst House designed by Bruce Goff in the heavily wooded Piney Point area of Houston, 1958.

Marilyn Monroe at home listening to vinyl records in lingerie, 1952

Photographed by Philippe Halsman

A fashion era

Women protesting at the premiere of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre (1953).

“Terrific”

Nevada (1953)

Art by Eyvind Earle for Disney’s SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959).

The last two paintings are from the BIG GOLDEN BOOK edition and the Sleeping Beauty Castle Diorama at Disneyland, respectively. The others are concept paintings.

HARE-WAY TO THE STARS (1958)