Campbell's Soup II, Golden Mushroom (F. & S. II.62)
Campbell's Soup II, Golden Mushroom (F. & S. II.62)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 250
Year: 1969
Size: H 89cm x W 58cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2022 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| June 2022 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2022 | Skinner, Marlborough | United States | |||
| May 2022 | Bonhams New York | United States | |||
| June 2021 | Lempertz, Cologne | Germany | |||
| May 2020 | Christie's New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
One of Andy Warhol’s most iconic motifs is featured in this screen print Campbell’s Soup II, Golden Mushroom (F. & S. II.62) from the Campbell’s Soup II series (1967). Throughout the 1960s Warhol had produced images of familiar consumer items such as Coca-Cola bottles and soup cans, one of the earliest examples being a series of paintings entitled Campbell’s Soup Cans appearing at the Fergus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1962. Pursued to the point of obsession, the Campbell’s Soup Cans were Warhol’s archetypal subject.
The Campbell’s Soup Cans paintings were first shown together in uniform rows, displayed as though they were products on the supermarket shelf. Each work represents every flavour of soup sold by Campbell’s Soup and the image itself precisely mimics the red and white labels of the brand. This print corresponds with the golden mushroom flavour sold by the brand and shows a gold circular logo in the middle with the added slogan “Great for gravies and sauces!.” stretching across it.
This series was one of the first portfolios to be published through Factory Additions, New York, a company the artist created to produce and distribute his prints. The prints were created by the machine-like screen print process, erasing the artist’s touch altogether and producing a precisely rendered image that exactly mimics the design of the soup can. Elevated to the realm of fine art and presenting these consumer products as objects for observation, Warhol poses a challenge to the value of art and the way art is consumed.
Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.
