Campbell's Soup I (complete set)
Campbell's Soup I (complete set)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
89 x 59cm, Edition of 250, Screenprint, 1968
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Meaning & Analysis
Campbell’s Soup I (complete set) is a 1968 screenprint portfolio by Andy Warhol of ten Campbell’s soup cans, each printed in red, white and gold on white paper. The flavours are Pepper Pot, Cream of Mushroom, Green Pea, Onion, Black Bean, Tomato, Consommé, Chicken Noodle, Vegetable and Beef. The set is signed and published in an edition of 250.
Warhol first showed the Campbell’s Soup cans in 1962, as thirty-two canvases, one for each flavour then sold by the company. The subject became the most widely recognised image of Pop art, partly because it was so ordinary: a tin that every American kitchen already contained. The 1968 portfolio returned to it six years later, this time as a set of ten screenprints in an edition.
Each print shows a single can, seen straight on, with the lid drawn as a series of concentric ellipses. The red label, the gold medallion and the white script lettering of the Campbell’s logo are reproduced in flat colour, and the flavour name is printed in red capitals on the white lower half. Small changes mark the variations, such as the “made with beef stock” line under Onion and Vegetable, or the “gelatin added” under Consommé. The cans are almost identical, the interest of the set lies in repetition and slight difference.
Where the 1962 paintings were hand-painted, the 1968 screenprints are precise and mechanical, which fits the subject. The portfolio is the first of two, followed in 1969 by Campbell’s Soup II. The edition of 250 made it one of the most widely distributed sets of Warhol’s career.
