Campbell's Soup I (Tomato)
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Date: 1968 - 1968
Materials: screenprint
Dimensions: 89 x 58 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,025 (Total: £4,050)
Vendor: Alan Cristea Gallery
Review number: 4397 (1997)
Provenance:
Alan Cristea; Private Swiss Collection; Alan Cristea
Description:
Warhol popularised the commercial screenprint as a medium in the fine arts, using it in his first 'Campbell's Soup' painting on canvas in 1962. The portfolio 'Campbell's Soup I', 1968, established this particular printed image as an icon of Pop Art and 1960s American culture.
There are no comments on this artwork
To add comments please login or register.
The Art Fund may edit your comments and not all comments will be published. The Art Fund cannot be help responsible for views expressed by visitors of this website.