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  • Tom Kelley

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    Art Brokerage: Tom Kelley American Artist: b. 1914-Tom Kelley was born December 12, 1914, in Philadelphia. Tom's interesting career first started as an apprentice in a New York photo studio that catered to the city's upper 400, i.e. photographing the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Harrimans, the Morgan's, etc. The owner of the studio was also chief photography instructor at the prestigious New York School of Photography. Coming to California in 1935, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by David O. Selznick and Samuel Goldwyn. Following a long and profitable career helping to publicize motion picture personalities, he drifted into the commercial and advertising photography and opened a studio in Hollywood. One such photo, created in 1949, showed a young actress alluringly posed, totally nude, on a red velvet background. Photographer Tom Kelley, Sr. couldn't know the photo would become history and help define sexuality for generations. The actress' name was Marilyn Monroe. Kelley Studios is operated by Tom Kelley Jr. and has amassed a huge collection of celebrity portraits, unique photo situations and photographic fine art 6 decades of photographic works. The Smithsonian has several of Kelley's photographs in the permanent collection, and museums and galleries worldwide collect Kelley's images. Listings wanted.

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Marilyn Monroe #2: Red Velvet Calendar Session 1991 Photography - Tom Kelley NEW

Tom Kelley

Marilyn Monroe #2: Red Velvet Calendar Session 1991

Photography: Archival Cibachrome, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 300

Size: 37x30 in  | 94x75 cm
🔥Limited Edition Cibachrome - 3 Watchers Huge Price Drop - Motivated
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Red Velvet Pose #1 Stretch/Marilyn Monroe 1950 Photography - Tom Kelley

Tom Kelley

Red Velvet Pose #1 Stretch/Marilyn Monroe 1950

Photography: Cibachrome Print, Estate Signed, From the Edition of 95

Size: 20x30 in  | 51x76 cm
Framed Hand Signed Cibachrome Print $3,500
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Marilyn Monroe Red Velvet 1949 Limited Edition Print - Tom Kelley

Tom Kelley

Marilyn Monroe Red Velvet 1949

Limited Edition Print: Aurora Giclee Archival Paper, Estate Signed, From the edition of 30

Size: 14x17 in  | 36x43 cm
Limited Edition Aurora Giclee on Paper $4,500
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