Lot 66 | After Andy Warhol, Marilyn

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After Andy Warhol, Marilyn

After Andy Warhol

Marilyn, 1970
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cm. 84,5x84,5, in teca di plexiglas

Signed, inscribed ‘this is not by me’ and stamped ‘fill in your own signature’ on the reverse
Screenprint in colours on paper84.5 x 84.5 cm (33 x 33”)FramedPublished by Sunday B. Morning (stamp on the reverse)Literature:Freyda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi, Andy Warhol Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné 1962–1987,New York 2015, II.22–31, p. 213 (not ill.)Provenance:American private collection European private collectionAfter the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol began his Marilyn Series in 1967. He created aportfolio of 10 different sheets, all featuring the same image of Marilyn in different colour variations. Theportfolio of the 1967 series had a print run of 250 pieces, measuring 91.4 x 91.4 cm.“There are unauthorized prints, 33 1/4 x 33 1⁄4 (84.5 x 84.5 cm), which were published in 1970 in differentcolours from the portfolio. Stamped in black verso, ‘published by Sunday B. Morning’ and ‘fill in your ownsignature’, some prints are inscribed by Warhol: ‘this is not by me Andy Warhol’.” (Feldmann/ Schellmann,p. 213)The present screenprint is one of the few prints published by Sunday B. Morning with different colours.Andy Warhol requested that they be marked with the Sunday B. Morning stamp and the additional lettering‘fill in your ownsignature’ to distinguish them from the first series of 1967 prints. In a few of them, he added the handwritteninscription ‘this is not by me Andy Warhol’, as is the case with the present rare example.