After Andy Warhol Sunday B Morning

Marilyn 11:29 Silkscreen Print - Marilyn Monroe Art.

Sunday B. Morning colour screenprints are printed on museum board with the highest quality archival inks, after the original screenprints by Andy Warhol. They are stamped in blue ink, "Published by Sunday B. Morning" and "fill in your own signature," on verso.

In 1967 Andy Warhol began work on his now iconic ‘Marilyn’ series, immediately following the death of Marilyn Monroe. He produced 10 variations of the image, which was from a 1953 publicity shot for the Film ‘Niagara’, each with its own colour combinations in each portfolio. There were only 250 portfolios ever produced, which has led to these works becoming some of the most sought after in the art world, with the suite of prints reaching over $1.5 million at auction. The prints were published by Factory Additions and were printed onto board 36” by 36” square.

In 1970 Warhol began discussions with two anonymous Belgian friends regarding a second series of prints, with the idea behind this partnership being a commentary on mass production - one of the themes of Warhol’s art. At some point during these talks, the collaboration fell apart, for reasons that remain unknown. But by this point, the Belgians already had the original Factory photo negatives (which the stencils are made from) and the colour codes required to make the stencils and the prints. Sunday B Morning began printing regardless and the prints were released in 1970 with a black stamp on the back that read ‘Fill In Your Own Signature’. There is a debate as to whether that idea was originally Warhol’s, and it seems likely given his ‘Famous for 15 minutes’ concepts. History also stands divided as to whether or not Warhol was pleased with the prints - it did after all, tie in with his ideas on mass production. The blue stamp prints were released after the black stamp prints from the 1980s onwards.

This is unframed and measures approx 91cm x 91cm and will be sent flat between cardboard to ensure safe delivery. It has a couple of small areas of loss to top edge as per close up photos provided but these won’t be seen once framed. They are only tiny as you can see but felt I had to mention and has a mark to back of print as you can see from last couple of photos and again this obviously won’t matter once framed