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Jan 31, 2023 · The Marilyn Monroe painting by Andy Warhol. In 1962, shortly after the passing of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol used a photograph of the star to create a silkscreen painting comprising 50 images known as the Marilyn Diptych.
- Alicia du Plessis
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Printmaking, and in particular screenprint, was the basic medium for Andy Warhol's celebrated work on canvas and paper. While a prize-winning commercial artist in the 1950s, he devised a printing process of blotting outline drawings in ink from one surface to another.
Apr 27, 2022 · During the spring of 1962, Andy Warhol turned toward his revolutionary method of silkscreen. His first screen print works included repetitive images of dollar bills, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and an obscure record cover for RCA featuring a saturated headshot of the jazz musician Paul Desmond.
Andy Warhol published the Marilyn Monroe complete portfolio in 1967. It comprises ten silkscreen prints depicting cinema’s “it girl”. Marking an early indication of his later-trademark style, the majority of the pieces strongly reflect the loud colors and vibrant energy of the times.
Dec 6, 2023 · Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych is made of two silver canvases on which the artist silkscreened a photograph of Marilyn Monroe fifty times. At first glance, the work—which explicitly references a form of Christian painting (see below) in its title—invites us to worship the legendary icon, whose image Warhol plucked from popular culture and ...
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).
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May 10, 2022 · May 10 (Reuters) - Pop artist Andy Warhol's famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million at auction on Monday, a record for a work by an American artist sold at...
