Referencing
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe – 1962. Size: 36x36, Medium: Screen print,
Location: National Gallery of British Art
5 Unique Facts about the Work
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This
image of Marilyn Monroe was done shortly after she committed suicide in 1962
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The
image is based on a famous publicity photo taken by Gene Korman for a movie she
made in 1953 named Niagara
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First
image Warhol did when he began experimenting with silk screening
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Image
shows the falseness of fame. Warhol shows that the public image of Marilyn
Monroe is so fake, nothing the public saw reflected her real life
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For
this and many other images Warhol experimented with colour. He purposely
selected the bright colours to reflect the falseness of her public image
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