Green Marilyn
1962
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View on museum website →Medium
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) framed: 53.9 x 43.1 x 3.8 cm (21 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William C. Seitz and Irma S. Seitz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.139.1
About the Artist
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola Jr. on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of three sons to Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants Ondrej and Julia Warhola. His devout Byzantine Catholic family nurtured his artistic inclinations; bedridden at age eight with Sydenham's chorea, he drew from comic books and Hollywood magazines supplied by his artistic mother Julia, who later influenced ...