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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
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series of paintings ⓘ |
| artMedium |
acrylic on canvas
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silkscreen ink on canvas ⓘ |
| basedOn | publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe from the film Niagara ⓘ |
| collection | private collections ⓘ |
| colorVariant |
blue version
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light blue version ⓘ orange version ⓘ red version ⓘ sage blue version ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | under copyright ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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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
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surface form:
Shot Blue Marilyn
Shot Light Blue Marilyn ⓘ Shot Orange Marilyn ⓘ Shot Red Marilyn ⓘ Shot Sage Blue Marilyn ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
flat graphic style
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vivid color contrasts ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962
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celebrity culture ⓘ mass media imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation |
New York City
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The Factory ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Marilyn Monroe’s face ⓘ |
| movement | Pop art ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shot with a gun shortly after completion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of fame and mortality
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high auction prices ⓘ visible bullet holes from gunshot ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marilyn Diptych
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surface form:
Andy Warhol’s Marilyn series
|
| partOfSeries |
Marilyn Diptych
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surface form:
Warhol celebrity portraits
|
| relatedWork |
Gold Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Diptych ⓘ |
| significantEvent | performance by Dorothy Podber who fired a gun at the stacked canvases ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
repetition of a single photographic image
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silkscreen printing ⓘ |
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