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' something, Vd rather. nes ave it sex than some of the her things they’ve got. vmbols for.” -Marilyn Monree fore she took her life, Marilyn. (i ihe rumors are true. Just be: «| Monroe asked one of the world’s st talented photographers.to shoot aries of nude studies of herself. . ‘hese Jast photographs of Marilyn omree are without doubt. the love- “ty graphs ever taken of the | iSt h.. zed. woman of our time, So zling, are they, in fact, that Miss inrec—who saw them before’ she. duspecifically instructed the pho- kapher to be sure to see that they re published, Vhese photographs of Marilyn Jnroein te fall hower ef her beauty ahiting menvento af the woman vodid se mmch te rid our: nation of baneful effects of puritanism. , Ob- usly, these are the photographs by ich Marilyn Monroe wanted to be: ‘emberedd. \ portfolio of these handsome pho- raphs—comprising perhaps the ater’ ohotographic essay of our 1 appear as a special feature ihe next issue of EROS, The port 0, 24 pages long, consists of almost ‘photographic studies, many in glao- Las color, together with the full stary wow these pict ures came to be taken. Chis photographic essay--a collec- 's ikem never again obtainable — bappear exclusively in EROS and ibescen by noone but EROS sub- bers. } What is EROS? ERO fepectents ~ this country’s fixst attempt to produce... a really worthy magazine on the ever fascinating subjects of Love and Sex. . Until now, ihese subjects have been rélégated: to cheap and. tawdry peri: odicals. In EROS, the talents of che world’s most pifted writers, artists and photog:, faphers have been mustered and ap. : plied to a periodical of elegance and | grace. Subjects which customarily have _been sensationalized or degraded are handled in EROS with dignity a and .. good taste. EROS is a unique intellecrnal coin- modity. It is literate without being” - stully, bold. without being sensation- al and artistic without being obscure. ; Ina typical issue of EROS you will find such diverse (amd often abstruse} features as: Masterpieces of Erotic Art, The unknown oF Tong-suppressed works. of such masters | as Rodin, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Michel- — angele, Hoxarth,. Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso. Was Shakespeare a Homosexual? A. prob- lem which has perplexed scholars for cen- turies is tackled by a noted biographer. The Erotic Sculpture of India. Cwenty- two pages of statuary in a forthcoming - _issue of EROS depict the Hindu. Art of - Love, with text by the distinguished at ther Santha Rana Rau. Slave Owners and Negro Concubines. _ Recapitulation of a little-known chapter of ante-bellunt history. (Tort nese ante! wighoseerrecerems UD" ches tee int ¢ < belles lettres and beaux arts of . “within twa weeks. mankind. In format, EROS: resem- - bles) he most costly of art books. Ye is fal a size and cascbound i in hard ited edition volume (which, in Th Sturday Review has dubbed EROS. “The American. Heritage of the ‘bedioom.” . By, 110 Ww. 40th St. Rew York 1B, NLY. SFC = ri eit i is,since EROS is published . Check one: , Please enter my ane year Charter Sub- | scription t¢ EROS for which 1 enclose $19.50. F understand that ory subscription will begin with Volume ?, Number hand that Twill ’ also receive the issue containing the fast phoio- graphs of Marilyn Monroe. Please send me only the issue of EROS ‘containing the last photographs of Marilyn Monrae, for which DT enchose $10. : NAME ADDRESS We urge you to subseribe note be. fore the issue containing the Marilyn Monroe photographs is sold out, «Note: If you wish to. purchase ‘only ‘ - the isswc containing the, Marilyn Monroe photographs, but you do not. ~ -wish to subscribe to a full year of EROS, you may do so by checking the - appropriate box in, the coupon cand : remitting only $10.. ' ©1962 tkOS MAGRIINE, tec, ‘ONE i | | | | | | | | | I | | | | | | | | | | i Mon Fs 0 eke ee gE Ne et RS RT RR LR RR NRE ee ree ee ee aoe owe weenie ermine ns iia