“Warhol Marilyn holds a special place in [Sturtevant’s] repertoire…the work is suggestive as an avatar for the figure she cut over the five decades of her career. Somet.mes s popular, at other t.mes s vilified, consistently notorious and latterly applauded. Sturtevant, Monroe, the painting Marilyn by Warhol and Sturtevant’s Warhol Marilyn operate in a feedback loop prompting questions not only in regard to the copy but also concerning celebrity, iconicity and gender.”
PATRICIA LEE, STURTEVANT: WARHOL MARILYN, LONDON, 2016, PP. 19-20