Marilyn Diptych

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Marilyn Diptych is a 1962 pop art painting by Andy Warhol that features repeated, brightly colored and monochrome images of Marilyn Monroe, exemplifying his exploration of celebrity culture and mass reproduction.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
pop art artwork
artHistoricalSignificance iconic work of Pop art
key example of postwar American art
associatedWith American popular culture
screen iconography
basedOn publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe from the film Niagara
cataloguedIn Tate collection database
collection Tate Modern
colorScheme black and white
bright, saturated colors
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Andy Warhol
depictionType repeated head-and-shoulders portrait
depicts Marilyn Monroe
exemplifies Warhol's exploration of fame
Warhol's exploration of mass reproduction
Warhol's use of mechanical processes in art
exhibitedAt Tate Modern permanent collection displays
genre portrait painting
hasPart colored panel
monochrome panel
hasTitle Marilyn Diptych
height 144.78 cm
imageArrangement five rows of ten images
inception 1962
inspiredBy Marilyn Monroe's death in 1962
languageOfTitle English
location London
mainSubject celebrity culture
consumerism
death
mass media
materialUsed acrylic paint
silkscreen ink
movement Pop art
numberOfImages 50
ownedBy Tate
panelDivision left side in color
right side in black and white
support canvas
titleReferences religious diptych format
usesTechnique serial repetition
silkscreen printing
width 205.44 cm

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gold Marilyn Monroe ("Andy Warhol’s Marilyn series")
Shot Marilyns ("Andy Warhol’s Marilyn series")
partOf
Pop art
hasNotableWork
Marilyn Diptych
hasTitle
Andy Warhol
notableWork
Shot Marilyns ("Warhol celebrity portraits")
partOfSeries
Shot Marilyns
relatedWork

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