Burden abby aldrich rockefeller fund gift of nina and. With campbell s soup can tomato andy warhol takes as his subject a ubiquitous staple food found in millions of american homes and turns it into high art. Andy warhol s soup cans have become synonymous with the pop art movement and are responsible for propelling warhol into a celebrated career in fine art from his day job as a comic illustrator the motif made its debut in 1962 when warhol mounted his first solo show featuring 32 canvases painted with campbell s soup cans one for each flavor the company sold at the time. Each one of warhol s 32 canvases corresponds to a different flavor. The particular flavor matched his idea being the original and best seller.

The earliest soup can painting seems to be campbell s soup can tomato rice a 1961 ink tempera crayon and oil canvas. Partial gift of irving blum additional funding provided by nelson a. At the time campbell s sold 32 soup varieties. But soon the company was love bombing warhol with collegial letters and free soup by the crateful and in october 1964 commissioned a silkscreened tomato soup can picture from him. Rockefeller bequest gift of mr.

The story of the original work is the story of one of the defining creations of the pop art movement. In 1962 the year in which pop art was established as the latest major artistic movement andy warhol began his transition from hand painted to photo. Warhol produced many varieties of soup when coming up with the idea but tomato was his most favored and cherished. With the unique candor he displayed in the best of his early pop art works he appropriates the curved lines and iconic graphic imagery of a tin of canned soup and re examines them in the context of their pure visual qualities. The fascinating story behind andy warhol s soup cans on the show s opening night a rival dealer offered soup cans cheaper in his gallery warhol s own gallerist bought back the five he d sold including one from dennis hopper then offered to buy entire set from andy for just 3 000.

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When he first exhibited campbell s soup cans in 1962 the canvases were displayed together on shelves like products in a grocery aisle. Each canvas 20 x 16 50 8 x 40 6 cm. Sotheby s prints multiples sale on 27 march includes a complete set of warhol s 1968 campbell s soup i f. Acrylic with metallic enamel paint on canvas 32 panels. Overall installation with 3 between each panel is 97 high x 163 wide.

Andy warhol s soup cans have become synonymous with the pop art movement and are responsible for propelling warhol into a celebrated career in fine art from his day job as a comic illustrator the motif made its debut in 1962 when warhol mounted his first solo show featuring 32 canvases painted with campbell s soup cans one for each flavor the company sold at the time. Andy warhol s soup cans have become synonymous with the pop art movement and are responsible for propelling warhol into a celebrated career in fine art from his day job as a comic illustrator the motif made its debut in 1962 when warhol mounted his first solo show featuring 32 canvases painted with campbell s soup cans one for each flavor the company sold at the time. When he first exhibited campbell s soup cans in 1962 the canvases were displayed together on shelves like products in a grocery aisle. The story of the original work is the story of one of the defining creations of the pop art movement. The earliest soup can painting seems to be campbell s soup can tomato rice a 1961 ink tempera crayon and oil canvas.

Overall installation with 3 between each panel is 97 high x 163 wide. Burden abby aldrich rockefeller fund gift of nina and.