Marilyn Diptych
Warhol's 1962 silkscreen of fifty Marilyns, each slightly different, the image degrading across copies, used for the fork problem.
ImageSources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Title, artist, 1962 date, fifty images, medium and Tate holding checked against an exhibition catalogue.
- Whitney Museum — Andy Warhol exhibition labels, page 19
Identifies the work as a painting on linen with acrylic, silkscreen ink and graphite, fifty portraits, owned by Tate.
What this check doesn’t establish
- Source identification does not establish permission to reproduce this asset.
- The essay’s interpretation of repetition and accountability is editorial, not a museum claim.
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- Creator
- andy-warhol
- Created
- 1962
- Medium
- painting
- Held by
- Tate, London
- Rights
- fair dealingMarilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol, 1962
- Reuse notes
- The existing catalogue records a fair-dealing rationale for this use. No asset-specific licence or permission is recorded; this source review does not establish legal clearance.
The essay reads the repeated portraits as an analogy for identity and accountability. The Whitney catalogue supports the artwork metadata; it does not establish the essay’s interpretation or grant a reproduction licence.
In the essays
- You Can't Shame a Fork
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People
- Andy Warhol
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