After Andy Warhol

After ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh, USA,1928-New York, USA,1987).
"Marilyn Monroe."
Silkscreen on paper.
Presents publisher's stamp "Factory Additions" on the back.
Measurements: 90 x 90 cm; 108 x 108 cm (frame).
Pop Art's most iconic image was conceived by Andy Warhol after seeing the film "Niagara", a thriller starring Marilyn Monroe. Warhol took the film's promotional photograph and altered it using Day-Glo fluorescent colors. He produced a portfolio of ten large-format silkscreen prints, each using different color ranges, overlapping and printed out of register. By adopting commercial methods, Warhol transformed the image of Marilyn, the most desired diva, into a consumer product that anyone could buy for a price.
Andrew Warhol, commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American visual artist, filmmaker and music producer who played a crucial role in the birth and development of pop art. Considered in his time a guru of modernity, Warhol has been one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He is currently represented in the world's most important contemporary art museums, such as MoMA, the Metropolitan and the Guggenheim in New York, the Fukoka Museum in Japan, the Kunstmuseum in Basel, the National Art Museum of the 21st century in Rome, the MUMOK in Vienna, the SMAK in Ghent and the Tate Gallery in London, as well as in the museums that bear his name in Pittsburgh and Medzilaborce (Slovakia).