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Artwork inspired by andy warholamp 039s soup cans pics. Each portfolio contains 10 screen prints and corresponds with the paintings and were one of the first portfolios to be published through factory additions a company warhol created to distribute his prints. Warhol s paintings from the early 1960s were crucial in pioneering the breakdown between high and low art forms characteristic of pop art and his images of marilyn monroe soup cans and sensational newspaper stories quickly became synonymous with. Andy warhol american 1928 1987 big torn campbell s soup can pepper pot 1962 casein and graphite on canvas 71 5 8 x 52 in. Aug 3 2016 explore i love warhol s board andy warhol soup cans followed by 1172 people on pinterest.

Incidentally those red and white soup cans were originally debuted in 1898 and they haven t changed a whole lot since then. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of that very special piece of art campbell s soup is about to release a set of limited edition tomato soup cans inspired by andy warhol. See more ideas about warhol andy warhol warhol art. Andy warhol the eminent american artist occupies the most significant position among the practitioners of the 1960 s visual art movement pop art dealing with subject matters very much existent in the viewer s immediate environment.

The screen print portfolios campbell s soup cans i and campbell s soup cans ii were created in 1968 and 1969 respectively. Before becoming the prolific artist he is known as today andy warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in new york. New limited edition campbell s tomato soup cans with art and sayings by artist andy warhol fifty years after artist andy warhol created one of the art world s most iconic images with his red and. It consists of thirty two canvases each measuring 20 inches 51 cm in height 16 inches 41 cm in width and each consisting of a painting of a campbell s soup can one of each of the canned soup varieties the company.

There will be 1 2 million cans produced and.

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