Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever, 1964

Andy Warhol’s edition Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever (1964), created for the landmark print portfolio 1 Cent Life, isolates the lips of Marilyn Monroe and repeats them in four vivid colour variations across a double-page spread. Rather than presenting the actress as a complete portrait, Warhol reduces her image to one instantly recognizable feature, transforming it into a bold graphic symbol. The four mouths accompany Walasse Ting’s poem Jade White Butterfly, creating a striking dialogue between image and text. By reducing Monroe’s portrait to a single repeated feature, Warhol turns an emblem of Hollywood glamour into a reproducible Pop image, reflecting his fascination with celebrity, mass media and the visual language of popular culture.