{"product_id":"andy-warhol-marilyn-f-s-ii-25-1967","title":"Andy Warhol — Marilyn (F\u0026S II.25), 1967","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the defining images of 20th-century art, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn series (1967) crystallizes Pop Art’s transformation of mass media into modern mythology. Created only a few years after Marilyn Monroe’s death, the work distills celebrity into a repeatable, consumable emblem—at once glamorous and fragile—capturing Warhol’s central themes of fame, desire, and the industrial reproduction of the image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example, catalogued as Feldman \u0026amp; Schellmann II.25, is celebrated for its monumental scale and the heightened, deliberately unnatural palette that intensifies the tension between manufactured beauty and human vulnerability. By isolating and flattening the actress’s face into pure surface, Warhol removes narrative and replaces it with a universal, instantly legible symbol—an icon that has come to stand not only for Monroe, but for the visual language of postwar culture itself. The Marilyn screenprints are also institutionally canonized, with related works held in major museum collections including MoMA, Tate, the Whitney, and The Andy Warhol Museum, reinforcing their museum-grade status and long-term relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an investment-aware perspective, 1960s Marilyn editions remain among Warhol’s most liquid and consistently demanded works on the secondary market. Comparable retail offerings are commonly positioned around the mid–six figures (approximately USD 195,000 as referenced by international dealers on Artsy), while auction results across the broader Marilyn corpus have shown resilient performance; the market’s apex was underscored by Christie’s 2022 sale of Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) for USD 195 million, a record that further consolidated Marilyn as a cornerstone motif within the global Warhol market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53877242986836,"sku":"3202","price":166320.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/file-1766408896367-1.png?v=1772726245","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/andy-warhol-marilyn-f-s-ii-25-1967","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}