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Great Art Explained S1E8 — Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych

Great Art Explained•Season 1•Episode 8

Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych

Oct 8, 202015 min

Andy Warhol made “Marilyn Diptych” in 1962, right after Marilyn Monroe’s death. By the 1960s Marilyn’s film career as a sex symbol was all but over. Warhol would effectively immortalize Marilyn as the sex symbol of the 20th century. The seductive blonde Marilyn with the

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Episode Summary

"Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych" is episode 8 of Great Art Explained season 1. It aired on October 8, 2020.

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