Soup Can
LGR-2026-001
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- Maker
- Andy Warhol
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Type
Campbell's Soup I: Tomato is a screenprint in colors on wove paper.
Context
Campbell's Soup I: Tomato was made in 1968.
Description
The sheet dimensions are 35 × 23 in. (88.9 × 58.4 cm).
Description
The edition comprises 250 prints plus 26 artist's proofs lettered A–Z.
Context
The print is catalogued as Feldman & Schellmann II.46 in Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962–1987.
Context
The publisher of Campbell's Soup I: Tomato was Factory Additions, New York.
Context
The printer of Campbell's Soup I: Tomato was Salvatore Silkscreen Co., Inc., New York.
Description
The print is signed in ball-point pen on the verso and stamp-numbered.
Context
Campbell's Soup I: Tomato is one of the first portfolio of soup can prints Warhol made following the 1962 exhibition of his Campbell's Soup can paintings at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
Context
The Campbell's Soup I portfolio comprises ten screenprints: Tomato, Beef, Onion, Consommé (Beef), Cream of Mushroom, Pepper Pot, Black Bean, Green Pea, Chicken Noodle, and Vegetable Made with Beef Stock.
Context
Warhol followed the Campbell's Soup I series with the Campbell's Soup II series the following year.
Description
Tomato is generally considered the most recognizable image in the Campbell's Soup I portfolio.
Description
The expected authentication configuration is a verso signature in ball-point pen plus a rubber-stamped number; front-signed or pencil-signed examples warrant scrutiny.
Description
Sunday B. Morning editions are after-Warhol prints, printed on museum board and stamped 'Published by Sunday B. Morning' / 'Your signature here' on the verso.
Context
The Warhol Authentication Board dissolved in 2012, making the catalogue raisonné number the operative reference for authentication.
Owner Notes
Owner
Andy Warhol acquired by the owner.
Owner
Owner confirmed this attribution, per a research report: Campbell's Soup I: Tomato was made by Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987).
Owner
Owner confirmed this value estimate, per a research report: One dealer database estimates the signed print at £70,000–£100,000.
Owner
Owner confirmed this value estimate, per a research report: There are 29 recorded auction sales of the print since 2000, with a five-year hammer range of £42,839 (March 2024) to £105,000 (January 2022).
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