{"product_id":"19234-warhol-andy-monroe-marilyn-marilyn-monroe-1962-signed-postcard","title":"Warhol, Andy. (1928–1987) [Monroe, Marilyn. (1926–1962)] \"Marilyn Monroe, 1962\" - Signed Postcard","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePostcard print of one of Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe images, boldly signed in black marker at the foot by the artist. Monroe's face is rendered in shades of yellow and purple on a turquoise background.  Captioned on verso, postcard printed by Fernand Hazan in France, ca. 1980.  4.5 x 6 inches (11.4 x 15.2 cm.).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eMarilyn Monroe was a legend when she committed suicide in August of 1962, but in retrospect her life seems a gradual martyrdom to the media and to her public. After her death, Warhol based many works on the same photograph of her, a publicity still for the 1953 movie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eNiagara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. He would paint the canvas with a single color—turquoise, green, blue, lemon yellow—then silkscreen Monroe's face on top, sometimes alone, sometimes doubled, sometimes multiplied in a grid. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIn reduplicating this photograph of a heroine shared by millions, Warhol denied the sense of the uniqueness of the artist's personality that had been implicit in the gestural painting of the 1950s. He also used a commercial technique— silkscreening—that gives the picture a crisp, artificial look; even as Warhol canonizes Monroe, he reveals her public image as a carefully structured illusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093709148319,"sku":"19234","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Warhol_Andy_Monroe_Marilyn_Signed_Postcard_19234a.jpg?v=1722189837","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19234-warhol-andy-monroe-marilyn-marilyn-monroe-1962-signed-postcard","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}