(Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Marilyn, 1970, signed, inscribed This is not by me and stamped fill in your own signature on the reverse, screenprint in colours on paper, 84.5 x 84.5 cm, framed

Published by Sunday B. Morning (stamp on the reverse).

Provenance:
American Private Collection
European Private Collection

Literature:
F. Feldman, J. Schellmann, C. Defendi, Andy Warhol: prints: a catalogue raisonné 1962 – 1987, New York 2015, II. 22–31, p. 213 (not ill.)

After the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol began his Marilyn Series in 1967. He created a portfolio of 10 different sheets, all featuring the same image of Marilyn in different colour variation. The portfolio of the 1967 series had a print run of 250 pieces, measuring 91.4 x 91.4 cm. “There are unauthorized prints,33 1/4 x 33 1/4 (84.5 x 84.5), which were published in 1970 in different colours from the portfolio. Stamped in black verso, ‘published by Sunday B. Morning’ and ‘fill in your own signature’, some prints are inscribed by Warhol: ‘this is not by me Andy Warhol’.” (Feldmann/Schellmann, p. 213) The present screenprint is one of the few prints published by Sunday B. Morning with different colours. Andy Warhol requested that he will be marked with the Sunday B. Morning stamp and the additional lettering ‘fill in your own signature’ to distinguish them from the first series of prints 1967. In a few of them, he added the handwritten inscription ‘this is not by me Andy Warhol’, as it is the case with the present rare example.