Andy Warhol Title: Marilyn Monroe Silkscreen printed in colours From the edition 250, there are 26 AP This print is a proof not signed and numbered Published by Factory Additions, New York, With timber of “The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.”, on verso Sheet: 91.5 x 91.5 cm Present some small defect due to time that does not compromise the beauty of the work as you can see from the photos Catalogue Reference : FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.31 Provenance: Private Collection, Prato, Italy. In 1967, Warhol established a print-publishing business, Factory Additions, through which he published a series of screenprint portfolios on his signature subjects. Marilyn Monroe was the first one. He used the same publicity still of the actress that he had previously used for dozens of paintings. Each image here was printed from five screens: one that carried the photographic image and four for different areas of color, sometimes printed off-register. About repetitions Warhol said, “The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel.”