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Campbell's Soup Cans

Andy Warhol
American, 1928–1987

Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962
Synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases

Partial gift of Irving Blum; additional funding provided by Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, gift of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft in honor of Henry Moore, Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, Philip Johnson Fund, Frances R. Keech Bequest, gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, and Florence B. Wesley Bequest (all by exchange)

Like other Pop artists, Warhol used widely recognizable imagery in his work, such as comic strips, advertisements, photographs of celebrities, and tabloid news photos. In Campbell's Soup Cans, the number of canvases corresponds to the varieties of soup sold by the Campbell Soup Company in 1962. Warhol assigned a different flavor to each painting, referring to a product list supplied by Campbell's. The visual repetition recalls the artist's own history with the soup: “I used to have the same lunch every day for twenty years,” he said. “The same thing over and over again.”

⚐ 33° 47′ 23.508″ N 84° 23′ 10.256″ W, ⛰ 298m