Cherry Flavored Death

The Flavor Marilyns, also known as the Single Marilyns, are a series of twelve silkscreen paintings created in 1962 by American artist Andy Warhol depicting actress Marilyn Monroe. The works were among Warhol's earliest portraits of Monroe and were produced shortly after her death in August 1962. Each painting uses the same publicity photograph from the 1953 film Niagara with a differently colored background, giving rise to titles such as Cherry Marilyn, Orange Marilyn, Lemon Marilyn, and Mint Marilyn. The series is considered the first major group within Warhol's extensive body of Marilyn works and helped establish the artist as a leading figure of the emerging Pop art movement.