Campbell's Soup I
Campbell's Soup I | |
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Screenprint on paper | |
Dimensions | 91.8 cm × 61.3 cm (36.1 in × 24.1 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Australia (#150 of 250), Canberra |
Campbell's Soup I (sometimes Campbell's Soup Cans I) is a
It consists of ten prints each measuring 91.8 by 61.3 centimetres (36.1 in × 24.1 in).[1] This is one of two 10-piece sets of screenprints that Warhol produced 250 of (the other being Campbell's Soup Cans II the following year).[2] The set is viewed as Warhol's attempt to bring a "highly finished, mechanised look" to the series.[3] The sets were available for purchase at The Factory.[4] Warhol commented on his silkscreens saying "the reason I’m painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I feel that whatever I do and do machine-like is what I want to do."[5]
On April 7, 2016, seven Campbell's Soup Cans prints were stolen from the Springfield Art Museum in
In March 2018, Sotheby's sold a set for £849,000.[3]
On November 8, 2022, climate change protesters glued themselves to and vandalised the National Gallery of Australia's version of Campbell's Soup I without damage to the artworks (under glass) or arrests.[9] The protests were intended to direct attention to the issue of fossil fuel subsidies.[10]
In addition to National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Modern Art, Norton Simon Museum and Art Gallery of Ontario are among the museums that hold this set in their collections.[11][12][4] The set includes the following Campbell's Soup can depictions:
- Black Bean
- Chicken Noodle
- Tomato
- Onion made with beef stock
- Vegetable made with beef stock
- Beef with vegetables and barley
- Green Pea
- Pepper Pot
- Consomme (beef) gelatin added
- Cream of Mushroom
Notes
- ^ "Campbell's Soup I". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ProQuest 291235295. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Dean, Martin (March 13, 2018). "The Story of Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup Cans'". Sotheby's. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "Now on the AGO menu – Campbell's Soup I". Art Gallery of Ontario. November 20, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup, 1968". Masterworks Fine Art Gallery. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ "FBI Offers $25K Reward After Iconic Warhol Art Stolen". NBC News. 12 April 2016.
- ^ Holman, Gregory J. (February 21, 2019). "A courtyard, a wood chip and a 'weird code': The night Springfield's Warhols were stolen". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- NPR. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Roberts, Georgia (November 8, 2022). "Protesters vandalise Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans at National Gallery of Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ "Climate activists target Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans at National Gallery of Australia". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. November 8, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ "Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup I, 1968". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Art/Search the Collection (Warhol)". Norton Simon Museum. Retrieved September 28, 2023.