Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)

Gold Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Artist: Andy Warhol
Medium: Offset lithograph, plate-signed
Dimensions: 91.5 × 61 cm
Edition: Authorized by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. and published by McGaw Graphics, Inc. in 2013 (edition details printed at the bottom of the plate)
Condition: Excellent, unframed

Description: Gold Marilyn Monroe is one of Andy Warhol’s most famous works, created in 1962 as a striking tribute to the Hollywood icon following her death. Based on a publicity photograph from the 1953 film Niagara, Warhol painted a single-color background and screen-printed Monroe’s portrait over it. The gold field of Gold Marilyn Monroe—unique among Warhol’s Marilyns—evokes the sacred aura of religious icons, giving the work a simultaneously glamorous and morbid resonance.

Through the repetition and mechanical process of screenprinting, Warhol deliberately distances Monroe from individuality, transforming her into a mass-produced symbol. The work encapsulates themes of fame, illusion, and transience, portraying Monroe as radiant yet fleeting, bold yet vulnerable — a modern icon surrounded by emptiness, like the final fade-out of a film.

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