Campbell's Soup

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Andy Warhol, Campbells Soup Cans – 1962. Synthetic Polymer paint of canvas, 20X16” on 32 Canvases (Approx 128X80’), Museum of Modern Art

5 Unique Facts about the Work

-          It consists of thirty-two individual canvases

-          One of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time in 1962

-          The first one he painted was the tomato soup can and it is still the most valuable

-          This artwork was mounted for his first one-man gallery exhibition as a fine artist in 1962

-          This artwork represented the debut of pop art.

Marilyn Monroe

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Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe – 1962. Size: 36x36, Medium: Screen print, Location: National Gallery of British Art

5 Unique Facts about the Work

-          This image of Marilyn Monroe was done shortly after she committed suicide in 1962

-          The image is based on a famous publicity photo taken by Gene Korman for a movie she made in 1953 named Niagara

-          First image Warhol did when he began experimenting with silk screening

-          Image shows the falseness of fame. Warhol shows that the public image of Marilyn Monroe is so fake, nothing the public saw reflected her real life

-          For this and many other images Warhol experimented with colour. He purposely selected the bright colours to reflect the falseness of her public image 

Self Portrait

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Andy Warhol, Self-portrait – 1963. Medium: Paint on canvas, Size: Dimensions: 208.3 cm × 208.3 cm (82.0 in × 82.0 in), Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

5 Unique Facts about the Work

-          For this artwork, Warhol used a silkscreen image of himself

-          Warhol’s image is like a single and dramatic paint-splash on a black canvas

-          This was the last exhibit done by Warhol, in 1986

-          Self-portraits derived from polaroid photographs taken by Benjamin Liu, operating under Warhol's instructions

-          The pictures were taken while he was sitting in the stairwell outside his studio

Mick Jagger

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Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger – 1969. SIZE 29x43, Medium: Screen print on Arches Aquarelle (Rough) Paper, Location: Different owners around the world

5 Unique Facts about the Work

-          Silkscreen based on a photograph taken of Mick Jagger by Warhol himself

-          Its hand-made by additions of collage elements he used from torn cheap graphic color aid papers

-          Picture is made from 10 different photos

-          This photo lead to Andy Warhol designing the Stones record company logo

-          Andy Warhol had never charge Mick Jagger for any of the artwork he had done for him, this was because of the friendship they made after this art piece.

Green Car Crash

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Andy Warhol, Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), Medium: synthetic polymer, silkscreen ink and acrylic on linen, Size: 90 x 80 in. (228.6 x 203.2 cm.) 
Painted in 1963. Location: Christie's Galleries at Rockefeller Center, New York

5 Unique Facts about the Work

- Car crash paintings were actually part of a series of paintings called The Death and Disaster Series 
 - Wasn’t made to help Ralph Nader visualize his message about the lack of safety features in cars
- The series also included images of airplane crashes, the electric chair, atomic bombs, race riots
- The car crash photo were the most popular out the series
- This painting set world record being sold for $71,720,000 in 2007