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MARILYN MONROE/ 2009
(  Satoshi Kinoshita )
| Series: | Prints on paper: Portraits | | Medium: | Giclée on Japanese matte paper | | Size (inches): | 16.5 x 11.7 (paper size) | | Size (mm): | 420 x 297 (paper size) | | Edition size: | 25 | | Catalog #: | PP_082 | | Description: | From an edition of 25. Signed, titled, date, copyright, edition in pencil on the reverse / Aside from the numbered edition of 5 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs.
"I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.'" - Marilyn Monroe
-www.marilynmonroe.com/about/quote_by.html
Marilyn Monroe -
Marilyn Monroe[1][2] (1 June 1926 – 5 August 1962) — born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker — was a celebrated American actress, singer, and model.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. She was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Seven Year Itch, and became one of Hollywood's most popular and glamorous performers.
The typecasting of Monroe's "dumb blonde" persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions. Her dramatic performance in William Inge's Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot.
The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide," the possibility of an accidental overdose has not been ruled out, while conspiracy theorists argue that she was murdered.
In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Art (selection)
* Willem de Kooning: Marilyn Monroe (Oil on canvas, 1954)
* Andy Warhol: Marilyn Diptych (Print on canvas, 1962)
* James Rosenquist: Marilyn Monroe I (Oil on canvas, 1962)
* Mimmo Rotella: Marilyn Monroe (Handcoloured decollage), 1962)
* Richard Hamilton: My Marilyn (Photo and oil on canvas, 1966)
* Salvador Dali: Mao Monroe (Oil on Perspex, 1967)
* Robert Rauschenberg: Test Stone #1 (Lithography on paper, 1967)
* George Segal: The Film Poster (Paperprint, 1967)
* Ray Johnson: Dear Marilyn Monroe (Collage, 1972−1994) and Dear Marilyn Monroe, To Chuck Close (Collage, 1980−1994)
* Audrey Flack: Marilyn: Golden Girl (Oil on acrylic glass, 1978)
* Richard Serra: Marilyn Monroe–Greta Garbo (Steal-sculpture and lithography, 1981)
* Peter Blake: Marilyn Monroe Over a Painting No 1 (Photo on painting, 1989-1990), Marilyn Monroe Wall No 2 (Assemblage, 1990), MM Red Yellow (Collage, 1990), M for Marilyn Monroe (Screenprint, 1991) and H.O.M.A.G.E. – JJ MM RR KS (Collage, 1991)
* Susan Dorothea White: The Crowning with Sexism (Acrylic on panel, 1994)
* Douglas Gordon: As Kurt Cobain, as Andy Warhol, as Myra Hindley, as Marilyn Monroe (Photography, 1996)
* Barbara Kruger: Not Stupid Enough (Lettered photography, 1997)
* Charles Fazzino: Forever Marilyn (Silkscreen serigraph , 1998)
* Mel Ramos: Peek-a-boo Marilyn (Coloured lithography, 2002)
* Gina Lollobrigida: My Friend Marilyn Monroe (Bronze-sculpture, 2003)
* Charles Fazzino: Love and Kisses, Marilyn (Silkscreen, 2008)
Notes:
1. ^ She obtained an order from the City Court of the State of New York and legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
2. ^ Marilyn Monroe's Official Web site .::. Fast Facts
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe
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