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Francis Bacon, Triptych – August 1972
Coping with the death of his lover, Bacon paints figures who decompose and fuse together in front of our eyes.
Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn’s floating head, garishly colored, functions as the Virgin Mary in a Byzantine icon.
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych
Warhol used a quasi-mechanical process of silkscreen to reproduce Marilyn Monroe’s familiar face again and again.
