Andy Warhol - Marilyn Monroe Sage Blue (1964)

Andy Warhol - Marilyn Monroe Sage Blue (1964)Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He is known for his bright, colourful paintings and prints of subjects ranging from celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and Mohammed Ali, to everyday products such as cans of soup and Brillo pads. This portrait of Marilyn Monroe called Sage Blue Marilyn sold for $195 million at Christies last year to become the

Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. 

 He is known for his bright, colourful paintings and prints of subjects ranging from celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and Mohammed Ali, to everyday products such as cans of soup and Brillo pads. 

This portrait of Marilyn Monroe called Sage Blue Marilyn sold for $195 million at Christies last year to become the most expensive 20^th Century Art-work ever sold.

It is one of a series of colourful reproductions Warhol did of Monroe's photo portrait.  

 Using a technique called silkscreen printing, which duplicates images on paper or canvas using a layer of fine-mesh silk like a stencil, he began creating them in 1962, shortly after Monroe's death. As with his depictions of other famous figures, including Elvis Presley and Chinese leader Mao Zedong, the Pop artist created numerous versions of Monroe's portrait in various different colours and configurations.