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Monroe as a Caesar, a Saint, a Copy, and Never a Person

Lisa Mason
by  Lisa Mason
Rally’s Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn 25), 1967 by Andy Warhol. Number 14 in a black frame
Monroe as a Caesar, a Saint, a Copy, and Never a Person

Blog > Stories

Monroe as a Caesar, a Saint, a Copy, and Never a Person

by  Lisa Mason
Rally’s Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn 25), 1967 by Andy Warhol. Number 14 in a black frame
Monroe as a Caesar, a Saint, a Copy, and Never a Person

Sources

Most importantly, thanks to the public library systems of Brooklyn and New York City, whose access to JSTOR powers these videos. And The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the amazing public access images and information.


Assets in Rally’s Collection

1967 Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe print (signed)

1969 Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup print (signed)

1977 Andy Warhol Pelé Polaroid

Justinian, 1st depiction of Christ on a coin (695 AD)


Citations

Dyer, Jennifer. “The Metaphysics of the Mundane: Understanding Andy Warhol’s Serial Imagery.” Artibus et Historiae 25, no. 49 (2004): 33–47.

Brown, Alan S., Lori A. Brown, and Sandy L. Zoccoli. “Repetition-Based Credibility Enhancement of Unfamiliar Faces.” The American Journal of Psychology 115, no. 2 (2002): 199–209.

Gazda, Elaine K. “Roman Sculpture and the Ethos of Emulation: Reconsidering Repetition.” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 97 (1995): 121–56.

Tanner, Jeremy. “Portraits, Power, and Patronage in the Late Roman Republic.” The Journal of Roman Studies 90 (2000): 18–50.

“Sold for $195 Million, Andy Warhol’s ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ Sets New Auction Record.” 2022. Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2022. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-05-09/andy-warhols-shot-sage-blue-marilyn-sets-new-auction-record.

Brooks, Sarah. 2019. “Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium.” Metmuseum.org. 2019. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/icon/hd_icon.htm.

Staff, Variety. “Niagara.” Variety. Variety, January 1, 1953. https://variety.com/1952/film/reviews/niagara-1200417447/.

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