Marilyn

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  Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase with the aid of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974.81, © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibition Label

Andy Warhol created many prints and paintings in response to Marilyn Monroe’s tragic death in 1962. This portrait is based on a publicity still from her 1953 film, Niagara. Warhol duplicated the image using silkscreen, and printed it in lively, fluorescent hues. The bright, shocking color is at odds with thoughts of death or mourning, and distances the star’s identity from her image as it draws attention to the discrepancy between reality and celebrity.


Pop Art Prints, 2014

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Publisher

Factory Editions

Date

1967

Location

Not on view

Dimensions

sheet: 36 x 36 in. (91.5 x 91.5 cm)

Copyright

© 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum purchase with the aid of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen and the National Endowment for the Arts

Mediums Description

screenprint on paper

Classifications

Graphic Arts

Print

Keywords

• Portrait female – Monroe, Marilyn – head

Object Number

1974.81

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