Marilyn monroe marilyn 1967 black by american pop artist andy warhol is a museum quality open edition art print marilyn monroe encapsulated two of the recurrent themes in warhols work celebrity and death she died in 1962 and in the following years warhol made a series of silkscreens using a publicity photo of her from the film niagara 1953 taken by gene kornman this is one of a series of silkscreens in different colours produced by warhol and his assistants in the factory studio new y