Richard Hamilton, (1922-2011)

My Marilyn, 1965

My Marilyn, 1965
signed, dated and numbered 8/75 in pencil
screenprint in colours
68.5 x 84cm (26 15/16 x 33 1/16in).
printed by the artist and Chris Prater at Kelpra Studio, London, published by Editions Alecto, London

Literature
Etienne Lullin, Richard Hamilton Prints and Multiples 1939-2002, Kunstmuseum Winterthur & Richter Verlag Dusseldorf, 2003, no.59, p.71

Richard Hamilton was a major figure in the Pop Art movement in the United Kingdom, often using stories which appeared in the media as a basis for his work to explore our relationship with celebrity and our perception of reality.

For My Marilyn he based the image on photographic stills of Marilyn Monroe taken by the American photographer George Barris for a 1962 edition of Town magazine, reproducing the photographs in a collage and adding screenprint for a painterly effect. The crosses were made on the original contact sheets by Marilyn who had final approval and this defacing of her image taken shortly before her death gives an air of poignancy to this print.

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