Lot 31
  • 31

Andy Warhol

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2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Set of Four Boxes: Brillo Box, Campbell's Tomato Juice Box, Del Monte Peach Halves Box, Heinz Tomato Ketchup Box
  • Brillo and Campbell's each signed on the underside, Heinz and Del Monte each signed with initials on the underside
  • silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood in four parts
  • Brillo: 17 x 17 x 14 in. 43.2 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm. Campbell's: 10 x 19 x 9 1/2 in. 25.4 x 48.3 x 24.1 cm. Del Monte: 12 x 15 x 9 1/2 in. 30.5 x 38.1 x 24.1 cm Heinz: 8 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. 21.6 x 39.4 x 26.7 cm.
  • Executed March - April 1961.

Provenance

Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1969

Exhibited

Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger Jahre, November 1983 - April 1984, cat. nos. 405-407 and 409, p. 77, illustrated 
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Werke der Pop Art aus der Sammlung Lauffs, March - August 2002

Literature

Dieter Honisch and Jens Jenson eds., Amerikanische Kunst von 1945 bis heute, Cologne, 1976, p. 182 (all four boxes)
George Frei and Neil Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures, Volume 2A: 1964 - 1969, New York, 2004, cat. no. 602, p. 65, illustrated in color (Del Monte), cat. no. 691, p. 70, illustrated in color (Brillo), cat. no. 768, p. 87, illustrated in color (Heinz), cat. no. 856, p. 92, illustrated in color (Campbell's)