Marilyn Monroe will always be a
legend in pop culture, with her beauty, charm, and charisma that has fascinated
so many people around the world. One person who played a big part in her
iconography was Andy Warhol, a legend in his own right. Warhol painted eight
portraits of Monroe, each in a different light, and one of them will be offered
next month at Christie’s New York auction house.
Right after Monroe’s death in
1962, Warhol started work on White
Marilyn, which was chosen for his first solo exhibition in November of that
year at the Stable Gallery in New York, and was part of gallery owner Eleanor
Ward’s personal collection for a long time. Warhol started experimenting with
silkscreens at that time, and it was the process he used in creating photos of
the late actress; he stenciled a photograph of Monroe on top of a painted
background.
Warhol, who has painted portraits of other glamorous icons such as
Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy has said about his series’ “I don’t
feel I’m representing the main sex symbols of our time in some of my pictures…
I just see Marilyn as another person.” White Marilyn is estimated to sell
between $12-$18 million. The auction will be held May 13th
at Christie's New York, 20 Rockefeller
Plaza. (212) 636-2000.
"White Marilyn" by Andy Warhol
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