Andy Warhol’s ‘Shot Light Blue Marilyn’ – from the same 1964 series as his ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,’ which sold for $195 million at Christie’s in 2022 – is currently on display at the Brant Foundation in New York’s East Village until July 31st, among 100 works featured in the exhibition, Andy Warhol: Thirty Are Better Than One.
“Thirty Are Better Than One takes its title from Warhol’s important artwork from 1963. The eponymous work depicts 30 scaled-down, silk-screened images of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, showcasing the acute interest in mechanical repetition, the excess of images, and the disruption of art world hierarchies that defined the artist’s practice … Peter M. Brant’s first purchase of a work by Warhol was the drawing Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), followed by Shot Light Blue Marilyn (1964), one of Andy Warhol’s most iconic works … Drawing from Brant’s extensive collection, Thirty Are Better Than One highlights Brant’s close relationship with the artist, which started with their first meeting in 1967. Their friendship extended into the realm of collaboration: among other endeavors, Brant produced two films with Warhol—L’Amour (1973) and Bad (1976).
In the 1960s, Warhol started working within the Pop Art movement and developed what is now his most notable style: the photographic silkscreen technique. The exhibition presents iconic images that reflect the growing idolization of the celebrity persona, such as Licorice Marilyn (1962) and Liz #5 (Early Colored Liz) (1963), and explores his use of everyday, commercial imagery, seen in his facsimiles of product packaging for Brillo pads and Campbell’s soup—some of his most instantly identifiable artworks.
The exhibition includes an exciting new line of merchandise created in collaboration with The Warhol Foundation, which will be exclusively available at The Brant Foundation Shop starting May 4, 2023.”
The Marilyn Report 