Four Marlons
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| Artist | Andy Warhol |
| Year | 1966 |
| Medium | Silkscreen ink on unprimed linen |
| Movement | Pop Art |
| Subject | Marlon Brando |
| Dimensions | 205.7 cm × 165.1 cm (81.0 in × 65.0 in) |
Four Marlons is a 1966 painting by American artist Andy Warhol. The work depicts four repeated portraits of actor Marlon Brando in his role as Johnny Strabler from the 1953 film The Wild One. The painting is characteristic of Warhol's exploration of celebrity culture and repetition in his 1960s work. In 2014, the painting sold for $69.6 million at Christie's, ranking it among the most expensive paintings ever sold.[1]
Measuring approximately 205.7 × 165.1 cm (81 × 65 in), Four Marlons features a grid of four nearly identical images of Brando's face and upper torso, rendered in silkscreen ink directly from a publicity still from The Wild One. By repeating this iconic image across a large raw canvas, Warhol transforms a mass-media photograph into a monumental portrait that reflects both the cult of celebrity and the mechanical reproduction techniques central to Pop art.
