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Signed 1979 Campbell's Soup Image
by Warhol, Andy. (1928–1987)
- Used
- Condition
- Used; Like New/Used; Like New
- Seller
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Brooklyn, NY and Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A excised page from a Christie's New York 19th and 20th Century Prints auction catalogue (28 April 1979) signed in full "Andy Warhol" beneath the reproduced image of his iconic Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup.
In April 1979, the original obtainer of this item heard Andy Warhol was signing copies of Interview at Fiorucci and went after attending the Christie's morning auction. Upon meeting Warhol, the artist noticed the auction catalogue and inquired if any of his artwork was included and subsequently signed this page.
The set of ten color screenprints advertised on the present page were based on the Campbell's soup can, one of Andy Warhol's best-known icons. In 1962 Warhol produced a series of thirty-two silkscreen paintings depicting the cans—one canvas for each variety of soup available at the time. He continued to produce images of the soup cans for more than two decades, a process of repetition that reflects his characteristic interest in mimicking the conditions of mechanical reproduction. In the Campbell's soup can series, as elsewhere in mass culture, an "original" reproduction resulted in many other reproductions. Likewise, the screenprint technique—which removed any trace of the artist's hand from the creative process—dovetailed with Warhol's mass-produced subject. The artist's own encounters with the homogeneity of postwar consumerism perhaps explain his particular attraction to the Campbell's soup can. As he remarked, in typically laconic terms: "I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch every day, for twenty years, I guess, the same thing over and over again."
In April 1979, the original obtainer of this item heard Andy Warhol was signing copies of Interview at Fiorucci and went after attending the Christie's morning auction. Upon meeting Warhol, the artist noticed the auction catalogue and inquired if any of his artwork was included and subsequently signed this page.
The set of ten color screenprints advertised on the present page were based on the Campbell's soup can, one of Andy Warhol's best-known icons. In 1962 Warhol produced a series of thirty-two silkscreen paintings depicting the cans—one canvas for each variety of soup available at the time. He continued to produce images of the soup cans for more than two decades, a process of repetition that reflects his characteristic interest in mimicking the conditions of mechanical reproduction. In the Campbell's soup can series, as elsewhere in mass culture, an "original" reproduction resulted in many other reproductions. Likewise, the screenprint technique—which removed any trace of the artist's hand from the creative process—dovetailed with Warhol's mass-produced subject. The artist's own encounters with the homogeneity of postwar consumerism perhaps explain his particular attraction to the Campbell's soup can. As he remarked, in typically laconic terms: "I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch every day, for twenty years, I guess, the same thing over and over again."
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- Bookseller
- Schubertiade
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22091
- Title
- Signed 1979 Campbell's Soup Image
- Author
- Warhol, Andy. (1928–1987)
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Art :: Autograph Document :: Art & Design
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