Marilyn Monroe | Circa 1962 White Eye Shadow

A gold-tone metal tube; side of case reads "Michel", bottom sticker reads in part "Michel Cosmetics, Inc." and "Winter White", inside is a lipstick-like cream eyeshadow of iridescent white; Marilyn started to wear white eyeshadow at the end of her life, most famously in her series of 1962 photographs taken by Bert Stern.
 

Height 2.25 inches

PROVENANCE Partial lot 263, "Property From The Estate of Marilyn Monroe" Julien's Auctions sale #6505, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005

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