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Marilyn Monroe was the first one. He used the same publicity still of the actress that he had previously used for dozens of paintings. Each image here was printed from five screens: one that carried the photographic image and four for different areas of color, sometimes printed off-register.
The Marilyn Diptych is a silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol depicting Marilyn Monroe. The monumental work is one of the artist's most noted of the movie star. The painting consists of 50 images. Each image of the actress is taken from the single publicity photograph from the film Niagara (1953).
Jan 31, 2023 · The Marilyn Diptych (1962) is one of several silkscreen paintings of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol. The Pop artist produced a series of these Marilyn Monroe prints shortly after the actress passed away.
Jun 27, 2013 · Using a press image from Marilyn Monroe’s 1953 film Niagara—ironically, the star’s only film in which her character dies—Andy Warhol cast America’s beloved bombshell in perhaps her most lasting role: as his muse.
Jan 4, 2024 · In his 1954 painting of Marilyn Monroe, the artist zeroes in on the defining elements of Monroe’s cinematic allure as seen in films like Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and How to Marry a Millionaire. Her iconic blonde hair, captivating blue eyes, and luscious red lips take center stage.
Andy Warhol made many, many paintings and prints of the actress and American sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, transforming her from a pop icon into a pop art product.
Warhol engaged the image of Marilyn Monroe in variety of works, beginning with Gold Marilyn Monroe (Museum of Modern Art, New York) made in August 1962, shortly after the actress’ death.
It is no wonder then that art historian Robert Rosenblum observed that Marilyn’s face “seems perpetually illuminated by the afterimage of a flashbulb.” With this method and presentation, Warhol and his work became synonymous with Pop Art.
The Marilyn Monroe portfolio is a portfolio or series of ten 36×36 inch silkscreened prints on paper by the pop artist Andy Warhol, first made in 1967, all showing the same image of the 1950s film star Marilyn Monroe but all in different, mostly very bright, colors.
