Marilyn Monroe (Silver) - Screenprint on Canvas 12" x 12"

Marilyn Monroe (Silver) by WarHo™ is a 2025 screenprint on canvas that renders the iconic image of Monroe with a quiet, metallic shimmer. Set against a reflective field of silver acrylic, the portrait carries the cool glow of the silver screen and a subtle nod to the silver-coated walls of Warhol’s Factory. In this smaller, more intimate format, the iconicity of the image feels distilled—less like spectacle, more like artifact.

As with all WarHo™ pieces, the print is hand-pulled from custom silkscreens made using the Gene Korman publicity photo, famously adopted by Warhol and now in the public domain. The silver background, applied with acrylic polymer paint, echoes the metallic palette Warhol used in portraits of Liz Taylor, Elvis, and even himself, in a 1966 Self-Portrait. In WarHo™’s hands, it becomes a quiet gesture toward the intersection of fame, surface, and repetition.

Though modest in scale, Marilyn Monroe (Silver) holds its own symbolic weight. The silver finish suggests not just glamour, but distance—like a reflection slightly out of reach. This is a portrait that doesn’t proclaim, but glows: a small but enduring echo of a much larger myth.