Campbell’s Tomato soup

Campbell’s Tomato soup by Andy Warhol is one of ten images than Andy Warhol created in 1968. The print itself is very straightforward in its design, color, and symmetrical shape. As a concept, the print reflects Warhol’s fascination with mass production and the culture of advertisement. Created six years after Warhol’s original paintings of the soups, the portfolio draws directly from his most groundbreaking work. The series is amongst his most valuable portfolios of all time. With the enormous success for the 1968 edition, Warhol returned to the subject matter in 1984 and created several proofs of a slightly smaller size soup can. He did not complete the full edition leaving only a handful of scattered proofs that he hand-signed on the front of the prints. Many of them had small sketches or “remarks” near the signature.