Thursday, 14 March 2013

Campbell's Soup




Referencing

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.

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