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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 10:19 AM Jul 2023

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

Sun Jul 10, 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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