Shot Marilyns

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Shot Marilyns is a famous series of silkscreen paintings by Andy Warhol depicting Marilyn Monroe, notable for having been shot through with a gun shortly after their creation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
series of paintings
artMedium acrylic on canvas
silkscreen ink on canvas
basedOn publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe from the film Niagara
collection private collections
colorVariant blue version
light blue version
orange version
red version
sage blue version
copyrightStatus under copyright
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Andy Warhol
creatorNationality American
creatorOccupation artist
depicts Marilyn Monroe
depictsOccupation film actress
depictsSex female
genre Pop art
hasPart Shot Light Blue Marilyn
surface form: Shot Blue Marilyn

Shot Light Blue Marilyn
Shot Orange Marilyn
Shot Red Marilyn
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn
hasQuality flat graphic style
vivid color contrasts
inception 1964
influencedBy Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962
celebrity culture
mass media imagery
languageOfWork none
locationOfCreation New York City
The Factory
mainSubject Marilyn Monroe’s face
movement Pop art
notableEvent shot with a gun shortly after completion
notableFor exploration of fame and mortality
high auction prices
visible bullet holes from gunshot
numberOfWorks 5
partOf Marilyn Diptych
surface form: Andy Warhol’s Marilyn series
partOfSeries Marilyn Diptych
surface form: Warhol celebrity portraits
relatedWork Gold Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Diptych
significantEvent performance by Dorothy Podber who fired a gun at the stacked canvases
usesTechnique repetition of a single photographic image
silkscreen printing

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Andy Warhol notableWork Shot Marilyns