Palm Springs’ on-again, off-again love affair with Marilyn Monroe — or, at least, the 26-foot statue of her — has taken a giant step forward. The Seward Johnson sculpture that visited the city from 2012 to 2014 will be installed permanently at an upcoming downtown park next year.
The super-sized tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic scene from Billy Wilder‘s 1955 infidelity comedy, The Seven-Year Itch, with the figure capturing the instant a blast of air from a NYC subway grate raises her white dress.
I took these photos on May 18, 2013 in Palm Springs. The statue was moved elsewhere in 2014. It toured other cities including Hollywood, Chicago, and opposite a church in Stamford Connecticut. And some churchgoers in Stamford believed the 26-foot tribute to the blonde-bombshell was disrespectful.
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