Andy Warhol
Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell’s Soup II
1969

About the Item

Screenprint in colours, 1969, on wove paper, signed in ball-point pen and numbered with a rubber stamp, verso, 91 from the edition of 250 (there were also 26 artist's proofs lettered A-Z), printed by Salvatore Silkscreen Co., Inc., New York, published by Factory Additions, New York, 88.9 x 58.4 cm. (35 x 23 in.) The Campbell’s Soup series is one of Andy Warhol’s best-known icons. The original 32 canvases, each depicting a different Campbell’s Soup variety, were painted in 1962 after a friend’s suggestion to paint something that everybody recognised. When the canvases were first exhibited at Fergus Gallery in Los Angeles, the reception was mostly of indifference or disdain. However, the collective power of the paintings was immediate and the gallerist Irving Blum immediately bought back the five paintings that he’d sold upon realising they functioned best as a group. Warhol went on to reinterpret these paintings in two editions of screenprints to better achieve the meticulously finished appearance. This technique also finalised his desire to remove all traces of the artist’s hand from the artwork. Feldman & Schellmann II.58

Creator:
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)
Creation Year:
1969
Dimensions:
Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 27.37 in (69.5 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
Edition of 250Price: $117,241
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Gallery Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 1052571stDibs: LU47012491182
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Andy Warhol

The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.

Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.

Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.

As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.

Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.

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