"Marilyn" Andy Warhol - published by Sunday B. Morning.
On the back: "Published by Sunday B. Morning" and "Fill in your own signature".
Published in Andy Warhol's Feldman&Schellman Catalogue Raisonné.
Technique: Screenprint on cardboard
Dimensions: 91.5 x 91.5 cm
Among all the images that Andy Warhol transformed into icons of contemporary culture, that of Marilyn Monroe is perhaps the most powerful and recognizable. After the actress's death in 1962, Warhol chose to rework a promotional photograph taken from the film Niagara of 1953 to create a series of screen prints that would mark an entire era.
In the full spirit of Pop Art, Warhol repeats the image serially, varying the colors of the face, hair, and background. Sometimes the tones are bright and artificial, other times dark and melancholic. This contrast reflects Marilyn's dual nature: a luminous Hollywood star and, at the same time, a fragile and tragic figure. A powerful reflection on celebrity, beauty and myth in consumer society.
This version of the color screen print work is recognizable by the stamp “Published by Sunday B. Morning” and by the back marked “Fill in Your Own Signature”, a clear ironic reference to the art world. The Sunday B Morning editions, born as official unsigned reprints, carry on an ironic game about the art world and, with the famous writing on the back “Fill in your own signature”, the work becomes accessible, multiplied, perfectly in line with Warhol's vision: art for everyone.
