Original offset lithograph poster, published by the Tate Gallery Publications, London and printed by Curwen Press, London.

This iconic poster was produced for Andy Warhol’s exhibition at the Tate Gallery (17 February – 28 March 1971), one of the earliest major institutional presentations of his work in the United Kingdom. It features a colourful, cropped image of Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) — one of his most recognisable depictions of Marilyn Monroe, based on a publicity photograph for the film Niagara (1953). Warhol’s repeated treatment of Monroe made her image an emblem of Pop Art’s interrogation of fame, media saturation and celebrity culture.

Printed as an original four‑colour offset lithograph, the standard medium for exhibition posters at the time, the poster’s crisp areas of flat colour and bold contrast echo Warhol’s serial silkscreen technique, which deliberately mimics the processes of mechanical reproduction and mass media.

Warhol’s Marilyn series was pivotal in elevating Pop Art to international recognition, questioning the boundaries between fine art and commercial imagery.

The poster itself functions as both exhibition announcement and a collectible object documenting the cultural moment of early-1970s London, when Warhol’s fascination with fame and media representation resonated with a public increasingly aware of the interplay between art, image, and celebrity.