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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Warhol, Andy Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1928 - 1987 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Andy Warhol Title: Marilyn x100 Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1962 Creation End Date: 1962 Creation Date: 1962 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: screenprint ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas Dimensions: Framed: 210.19cm x 573.15cm x 6.35cm, Unframed: 205.7cm x 567.7cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1997.246 Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, and Anonymous Gift Copyright: ? Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Rights: http://www.arsny.com Context: This monumental painting is a classic example of the work that brought Pop artist Andy Warhol to the forefront of 20th-century art. It is the largest of his many renderings of Marilyn Monroe, a series prompted by news of the actress's suicide in August 1962. Marilyn became Warhol's favorite subject among the various celebrities whose images he used throughout his career to summarize essential aspects of our era. His paintings and prints of the famous film star were based on a photograph taken by Gene Korman to publicize the 1953 film Niagara.In this work, Warhol began by silkscreening the photo-graphic image in black, with slight variations, onto a commercially applied ground layer of light gray. Next, over the left half of the canvas, colors were applied by hand. Then the the photographic image was silkscreened in black again, this time over the colors. Warhol also strengthened some areas on the right half of the canvas with one or more applications of the screenprinted image. At the left, the garish hues recall the flamboyance of Marilyn's public persona. On the right, the 50 uncolored images recall newspaper photographs and a reporter's factual approach. At the same time, the deliberate tonal variations in the black ink suggest physical deterioration, an idea appropriate to a portrait of the dead Marilyn. AMICA ID: CMA_.1997.246 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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