What is the title of Andy Warhol’s 1962 painting of a gold Marilyn Monroe portrait?

Andy Warhol’s 1962 painting of a gold Marilyn Monroe portrait is titled Gold Marilyn Monroe.

The work is a large silkscreen painting showing Monroe’s face against a shimmering gold ground. Warhol based the image on a publicity photograph from the 1953 film Niagara, helping turn a Hollywood promotional picture into an iconic Pop Art image.

Gold Marilyn Monroe belongs to Warhol’s early celebrity portraits, made soon after Monroe’s death in August 1962. Its glittering background recalls religious icons, while the repeated photographic style connects it to mass media and commercial printing.

It is often confused with Marilyn Diptych, another famous 1962 Warhol work. Marilyn Diptych repeats Monroe’s face across two panels, whereas Gold Marilyn Monroe presents one large portrait on a gold field. The painting is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.