Marilyn Diptych is a 1962 silkscreen painting by the American artist Andy Warhol depicting the actress Marilyn Monroe. Warhol made it soon after her death in August 1962, repeating fifty times an image taken from a publicity photograph for the 1953 film Niagara. The two joined panels contrast brightly coloured portraits on the left with a black and white half that grows fainter and more worn, which critics often read as a comment on celebrity and mortality. It is regarded as one of his most important paintings and as one of the most influential works of Pop art. The Tate in London bought it in 1980.
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Marilyn Diptych is a 1962 silkscreen painting by American artist Andy Warhol depicting actress Marilyn Monroe.
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the painting entered the collection of the Tate in London in 1980
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Marilyn Diptych is a 1962 silkscreen painting by American artist Andy Warhol depicting actress Marilyn Monroe.
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