Marilyn Crying – Fire Red is a screen print on canvas with Diamond Dust by the British-American artist Russell Young. Marilyn Monroe appears to be wiping away a tear through a car window in this image, which was taken on October 6 outside the Beverly Hills mansion she shared with Joe DiMaggio. The busty actress began crying profusely as she got into the car after a press conference in the front yard about an hour after DiMaggio left the house. She appeared to be red-eyed as journalists quizzed her about the divorce petition she has filed, but refused to comment on the breakdown of her marriage to the former baseball star. The meeting with the press was her first since announcing her divorce plans on Monday.

The original photo is in the Bettmann archive in the USA. Marilyn Crying is certainly Russell Young’s best-known portrait. The original photo was taken by photographer George Silk in 1954 during a press conference in front of Marilyn’s house in Hollywood when she announced her separation from husband Joe DiMaggio. A bruise can be seen on her forehead, which was already visible on the cover of Anthony Summers’ controversial bestseller, Goddess: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (1985).