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Lot 248

Andy Warhol
(1928-1987)
Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)

12 May 2022, 10:00 EDT
New York

US$80,000 - US$120,000

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (See Feldman & Schellmann IIIA.3), c. 1978
Screenprint on wove paper, an unpublished proof, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, with wide margins, framed.
18 1/4 x 14 1/4in (46.3 x 36.2cm)
sheet 20 x 16in (50.8 x 40.7cm)

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Provenance
Rupert Jason Smith, New York
Private collection, New York
Tagliallatella Galleries, New York
Hamilton Selway Fine Art, Los Angeles

Rare, each proof is unique. According to Schellmann, Warhol worked on the prints at approximately the same time as his Marilyn Reversal paintings.

In the late 1970s, Warhol decided to rework his Marilyn images from the 1960s, reversing the tonal values so that the photographic negative predominates. In these mature portraits of Marilyn, her face is dark and the shadows around her face are now illuminated, resulting in a lurid, ghostly quality, as if to highlight the tragedy of the actress's brief life, and Warhol's continued fascination with her as an icon of glamour and death.

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