| Gold Marilyn Monroe | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Andy Warhol |
| Year | 1962 |
| Dimensions | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) x 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art,New York |
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Gold Marilyn Monroe is ascreenprint painting byAndy Warhol based on aphotograph of the actressMarilyn Monroe's face centered on a large (6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) x 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)) gold-paintedcanvas.[1][2] Warhol used silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas. It was completed in 1962, the same year as Monroe's death.[3] The image of Monroe is a direct copy of a close-up photograph, a publicity still from her 1953 filmNiagara.[4]
Gold Marilyn Monroe was included in Warhol's first show in New York, at theStable Gallery in November 1962, where the architectPhilip Johnson bought it. He eventually donated it to theMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, where it remains.[5][6]
Marilyn Diptych was another 1962 work by Warhol featuring 50 repeated images using the same photo, half in bright color and half in blurry black and white. In 1967 Warhol used the same photograph again for hisMarilyn Monroe portfolio a set of ten brightly and differently colored screenprints.
Warhol painted a large canvas a shiny gold color. In the center of the canvas and latex, he silk-screened a black and white photograph ofMonroe. He painted her face, hair, andblouse.[7]
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