![]() A lamp featuring Monroe with the wind blowing her skirt up is just £148. The Montblanc Marilyn Monroe Special Edition Pearl ballpoint pen is yours for £660. Monroe is still a lucrative – and helpfully mutable – asset. A “lifesize hyper-realistic silicone figurine statue” is a snip at £13,000. A silk Monroe hair scrunchie celebrating “ authenticity, self-acceptance and self-confidence” retails for £42. Massive sexpot street art of the star can be seen from Istanbul to Penang, Cannes to Vancouver. Yet 60 years after she died, Monroe’s vivid presence in the world’s culture – only Diana, Princess of Wales rivals her hold over the public imagination – does not allow for nuance. ![]() Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images ![]() Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, which sold for $195m in April. ![]()
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