''Gold Marilyn Monroe'' is an art piece by

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composed of a

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of actress

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

's face centered on a large ( x ) gold-painted

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. Warhol used silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas. It was completed in 1962, the same year as Monroe's death. The image of Monroe is a direct copy of a close-up shot from her 1953 film ''

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''. ''Gold Marilyn Monroe'' was included in Warhol's first show in New York, at the

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in November 1962, where the architect

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bought it. He eventually donated it to the

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(MoMA) in New York City, where it remains.

Artistic technique

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 of

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. He painted her face, hair, and

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References

1962 paintings Paintings by Andy Warhol Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York City) Cultural depictions of Marilyn Monroe {{20C-painting-stub

Artistic technique

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