Marilyn
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2014
MediumLithograph on Somerset soft white paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 × 13 inches (35.56 × 33.02 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.64
SignedSigned below the image: Roger Shimomura 2014
MarkingsSigned below the image: LLW IMP “Marilyn”
Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage mostly in black and white. On the right, a Kabuki actress in black wig with long hairpins that extend to the edge of the image. Her hands are folded in front of her chin. She faces left, looking into a mirror, but the mirror shows, instead of her reflection, the face of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe with bright yellow hair, blue eye shadow, and red lips. A window in the background.ProvenanceC. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Roger Yukata Shimomura
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