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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,295 posts) Sun Jul 10, 2022, 09:59 AM Jul 2022

On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery.

Sixty years ago today, the pop artist Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at a Los Angeles gallery, one for each flavor of soup then in production.

Not long after, the company sent over a lawyer.

wtop.com
Why Campbell Soup hated, then embraced, Andy Warhol’s soup can paintings | WTOP News
It started with immense skepticism, but Campbell Soup eventually grew to embrace Andy Warhol’s artwork and sponsored a Warhol exhibition at the

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On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP

Love Warhol! FM123 Jul 2022 #1

I loved Andy Warhol. I actually have a piece of his jewelry in my Disney collection, but this SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #2

FM123

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1. Love Warhol!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2022, 10:10 AM

Jul 2022

I wonder what he would have created today if he were still alive and working...

SWBTATTReg

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2. I loved Andy Warhol. I actually have a piece of his jewelry in my Disney collection, but this

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2022, 11:22 AM

Jul 2022

guy was into quite a few things. The Campbell Soup painting (I guess that's what it is called) is a Classic for the ages.

I did not know that he chose the number 32 because it was the number of different soup mixes available back then.

Can you imagine how many flavors there are now? Can you imagine how much free advertising Campbell Soup has gotten over the years on this?

Such an iconic and somewhat eccentric part of America that is gone (replaced of course by other great American things). You got me fantasizing about pulling up an Andy Warhol exhibit on YouTube or something similar, and just simply, going down memory lane.

Thanks!

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