Artwork copyright Anne Healy. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Marilyn in Chartres, 1990

Anne Healy
American (born 1939)

Location: John Muir Elementary School, Seattle

About the Artwork

Marilyn in Chartres is inspired by Hollywood and the European medieval cathedrals that date from 1040 to 1540. The geometric patterns are based on the Rose window at the Chartres Cathedral in France. A central, faint line drawing depicts Marilyn Monroe in the 1954 musical movie "There's No Business Like Show Business," elevating her to a goddess or saint-like figure against the Rose window.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Seattle Public Schools.

About the Artist

Anne Healy, a retired professor at University of California, Berkeley, creates artworks informed by their materials and environment. Influenced by literature and philosophy, the content of Healy's work encompasses the personal, historical, formal, psychological, and spiritual.