Green Coca-Cola Bottles
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Green Coca-Cola Bottles is a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol that depicts one hundred and twelve almost identical Coca-Cola bottles.
Andy Warhol produced at least four notable Coca-Cola paintings in the 1960s, with Green Coca-Cola Bottles being one of them. As part of the same series, Warhol created Coca-Cola (3), among others.
Origin & painting
Warhol created several notable works in the early 1960s. This began with the famous Campbell's Soup Cans, which was completed between 1961 and early 1962.[2] During this period, Warhol experimented with numerous common items, before creating the Green Coca-Cola Bottles painting in 1962. This period is often referred back to as Warhol's earlier work.[citation needed]
In his early days as an artist, Warhol experimented with the
This inspiration and early use of the Coca-Cola bottle led him to create Green Coca-Cola Bottles in 1962.[3]
Green Coca-Cola Bottles took a mainstream item and converted it into a piece of art. Warhol’s piece utilized a
Early Coca-Cola painting series
Andy Warhol's relationship with Coca-Cola began early in his career when he created several Coca-Cola themed paintings. One such work was the creation of Green Coca-Cola Bottles, which was part of a wider series of four paintings. According to a friend of Warhol's, he began to focus on pop art paintings of Coca-Cola bottles and asked for critique on them. "It wasn't until he did the series of Coke bottles and got the feedback ... that he found his genre."[5]
Warhol also famously created Coca-Cola (3), which sold in 2013 for $57.3 million at Christie's.[6]
Throughout his career, he created 15 artworks related to Coca-Cola, according to the corporation.[7]
Exhibitions
Green Coca-Cola Bottles was exhibited at
References
- ^ Whitney Museum of American Art
- ISBN 9780066212432.
- ^ a b c Binlot, Ann. "Andy Warhol's Coca-Cola Art Highlighted In Exhibition Commemorating The Bottle's 100th Anniversary". Forbes.
- ^ Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Cengage, 2008. 984.
- ^ "How About A Coke? Warhol Painting Up For Grabs". NPR. November 12, 2013.
- ^ Memmott, Mark (13 November 2013). "Record $142.4M For Francis Bacon Art; Warhol Fetches $57.3M". NPR. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "What's the history behind Andy Warhol's Coca-Cola painting". Coca-Cola.