This 1979 illustration by Dennis Magdich reimagines Marilyn Monroe through a mashup of classic Hollywood glamour and fine-art parody. Monroe appears in a sleek black dress against a background modeled after Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, with the composition playing on her status as both movie star and pop-culture icon.
By the late 1970s, Monroe’s image had long since moved beyond film into advertising, illustration, photography and pop art. Artists repeatedly reworked her likeness because it was instantly recognizable, making images like this part of the broader postwar fascination with celebrity as visual culture.
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