Lot 261
  • 261

Andy Warhol

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Campbell's Soup I (set of 10)
  • each signed and stamped with the number 124/250 on the reverse
  • screenprints
  • Each: 35 by 23 in. 88.9 by 58.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1968, this work is number 9 from an edition of 250 plus 26 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Locksley Shea Gallery, Minneapolis
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York, 2003, cat. no. II.44-53, pp. 73-74, illustrated in color 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright and fresh. Under raking light, the sheets appear very lightly rippled and there is an unobtrusive vertical streak in the red. Each print is hinged verso to the matte along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas. Individual notes on a few of the prints are as follows: Vegetable: There are a few light surface abrasions in the silver can top. Chicken Noodle: There are two handling creases to the right of "Chicken Noodle" and two in the silver can top. Cream of Mushroom: There is one light abrasion and one handling crease in the silver can top. Consomme: There is a diagonal abrasion next to "Condensed," and one handling crease in the silver can top. Tomato: There is one handling crease in the silver can top. Beef: There is a pinpoint white accretion in the black area of can on the left edge.
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