MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art

Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Cans

09 Jul - 19 Sep 2011

Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962
Synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases
each 20" x 16"
Gift of Irving Blum; Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A.M. Burden, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, gift of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft in honor of Henry Moore, Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, Philip Johnson Fund, Frances Keech Bequest, gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, and Florence B. Wesley Bequest (all by exchange). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
© 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY
ANDY WARHOL CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS
9 July - 19 September, 2011

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably one of the most famous artists in the world and his works—including commercial drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, and films — are among the most recognizable. His Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) is perhaps the most emblematic representation of Warhol's work and also of American pop art. This installation of Warhol's 32 soup-can paintings opens on the 49th anniversary of the original exhibition of the paintings at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles — Andy Warhol's first solo exhibition — and pays tribute to the significant role played by the gallery in the development of postwar L.A. art and also to its revered director Irving Blum.
 

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