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Shepard Fairey, Marilyn Warhol

Shepard Fairey, Marilyn Warhol
Artist: Shepard Fairey 
Title: Marilyn Warhol
Medium: Screenprint
Edition: 140
Size: 18" x 24"
Year: 2000
Original Pricing: $35
Markings: Signed and numbered in pencil
See Also: Andre Warhol  Merry Karnowsky 

This print is based on Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe prints. From Supply and Demand, pg. 34: Andy Warhol was a big inspiration because he made a mockery of the fine art world, taking press stills and household items and turning them into high art. I felt like what I was doing was pop art in a similar vein, but I was taking it even further outside the institutions and straight to the street. I remember when I was making t-shirts, somebody said, “Isn’t it amazing that you’re taking one of the ugliest images ever and putting it on a shirt, and people are buying it up as fashion?” I had the idea of taking that a step further by taking Marilyn’s sex symbol face and changing that into Andre’s ugly face. Andre wasn’t a handsome man and he’s even a more hideous woman, but people loved the humor of the poster and snapped it up anyway.
Datesort icon Price Source
08/22/10 $2,851.00 eBay
08/22/08 $2,851.00 Ebay
02/26/08 $2,800.00 Ebay
01/27/07 $1,750.00 ebay
04/18/06 $213.00 Ebay

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Anonymous on 02/11/10

I have one of these available for sale. Anyone interested?

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ouchmyknee on 02/18/11

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