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Marilyn x 100

Marilyn x 100

1962
(American, 1928–1987)
Framed: 210.2 x 573.2 x 6.4 cm (82 3/4 x 225 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 205.7 x 567.7 cm (81 x 223 1/2 in.)
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Did You Know?

This work's palette suggests clashing representations of Marilyn Monroe: technicolor filmstrip and black-and-white newsreel footage of the 1940s and ’50s.

Description

The image of Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn x 100, the largest of Andy Warhol's many paintings featuring the celebrity, comes from a publicity still for the 1953 film Niagara. Warhol reproduces this iconic image through silk screening, a commercial printing technique from which the artist's hand is absent, on top of a unique underpainting made by Warhol. As was common throughout Warhol's work, Marilyn x 100 explores the relationship—and suggests overlaps—among mass media, technology, pop culture, and fine art.
  • 1962-1984
    Collection of the artist
    1984-1991
    Saatchi Collection, London
    1991-1997
    Private Collection, Japan
    1997-present
    Sold at auction to CMA, Sotheby's, New York, 1997.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25
    Baker, Kenneth. "Report from London: the Saatchi Museum Opens" Art in America 73, no. 7 (July 1985): 23-27. Reproduced: p. 24; mentioned: p. 25
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Andy Warhol Painting Added to CMA’s Permanent Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Bergman, Robert, "A Defining Signifier", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 09, November 1998 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 115
    Bergman, Robert P. “A Defining Signifier.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (November 1998) Reproduced p. 8-9.
    McShine, Kynaston, ed. Andy Warhol, a retrospective. Exh. Cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1989. Reproduced p. 216, plate 205.
    Franklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art; London Scala, 2012. Reproduced p. 329; mentioned p. 328.
    Frei, Georg and Neil Printz, eds. and Sponsored by the Thomas Ammann Fine Art Ag Zurich and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York. The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculpture 1961-1963. London: Phaidon, 2002 Reproduced p. 246, Plate 236; mentioned 234-235.
    “Sotheby’s Contemporary Art, Part 1, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn x 100, Evening Session: Tuesday, November 17, 1992, Lot 25.” New York: Sotheby’s, 1992. Reproduced on cover
    Hicks, Alistair, ed. Art of Our Time. Royal Scottish Academy. Exh. Cat. Edinburgh: The Royal Scottish Academy, 1980. Reproduced front and back covers and on p. 73
    Arendsee, M., and M. Steinman-Arendsee. "Take the CAN disability aesthetics tour, at the Cleveland Museum of art." CAN Journal (Winter 2019/20): 76-87. Mentioned: p.87
    Agee, William C., Max Weber, and Pamela N. Koob. Max Weber & American Cubism. New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2023. Mentioned: p. 266, 268; Reproduced: p. 264-265, fig. 166
  • Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York (organizer) (February 5-May 2, 1989); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Jun 3-August 13, 1989); the Hayward Gallery, London (September-November 1989); The Museum Ludwig, Cologne (November 1989-February 1990); Palazzo Reale, Milan (February-May 1990); Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (June 21-September 10 1990)
    Art of Our Time. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1980.
  • {{cite web|title=Marilyn x 100|url=false|author=Andy Warhol|year=1962|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.246