21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 91
 

EVE ARNOLD (1912–2012)
Clark Gable on the set of 'The Misfits', Reno, USA 1960

Estimate
€1,600 - €2,000
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,000

Estimate: € 1,600–2,000

English:

Vintage silver print on single-weight glossy paper, in very good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp, negative no. stamp "60-20-106/13" and handwritten numerical annotations on the reverse.

When the Magnum agency was given the exclusive rights to the set shots during the filming of "The Misfits" (directed by John Huston), a total of nine photographers photographed on location in Reno for two weeks at a time, including Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas and Elliott Erwitt, who followed the dramas of the film plot as well as those behind the scenes. At Marilyn Monroe's request, Arnold stayed on set for almost two months and created the most intimate shots. In addition to constant script changes, conflicts and alcoholic excesses, the heat in Nevada was also a challenge for everyone involved, which led to Clark Gable's fatal heart attack shortly after the end of filming (he is shown here studying his lines).

Deutsch:

Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf dünnem, glänzendem Papier, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Agenturstempel der Fotografin, Negativ-Nr.-Stempel "60-20-106/13" und handschriftlich nummerische Vermerke.

Als die Agentur Magnum die Exklusivrechte für die Set-Aufnahmen während der Dreharbeiten zu "The Misfits" (Regie: John Huston) erhielt, fotografierten insgesamt neun Fotografen jeweils für 2 Wochen am Drehort in Reno, darunter Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas und Elliott Erwitt, die die Dramen des Filmplots ebenso verfolgten wie jene hinter den Kulissen. Arnold blieb auf Wunsch von Marilyn Monroe fast zwei Monate am Set und schuf die intimsten Aufnahmen. Neben ständigen Drehbuch-Änderungen, Konflikten und Alkoholexzessen war auch die Hitze in Nevada eine Herausforderung für alle Beteiligten, die kurz nach Drehschluss zur tödlichen Herzattacke Clark Gables führten (er ist hier beim Skriptstudium gezeigt).

Image Size: 25.1 x 16.6 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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