AVANT GARDE: The Marilyn Monroe TripFirst edition of AVANT GARDE: The Marilyn Monroe Trip by Bert Stern. Medium format softcover in near fine condition. Slight creasing to binding and minor toning to pages. Please see photos for reference. About Bert Stern took what were to be the final photographs of Marilyn Monroe before her death. Know as The Last Sitting, the portraits were shot at the Bel Air Hotel in Hollywood over three days. On reflection Stern was never entirely satisfied with