Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup II: Oyster Stew (F&S II 60), 1969 color screenprint on smooth wove paper 35 x 23 inches edition of 250, this impression aside from regular numbered edition Hand signed "Andy Warhol" in black ball-point pen on verso With the 'Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc.’ ink stamp and Unique ID Number in pencil on verso. printed by Salvatore Silkscreen Co., Inc. published by Factory Additions, New York Unframed, museum quality condition, never hinged, framed or matted.
Condition This highly desirable museum quality pristine impression of Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup II: Oyster Stew (F&S II 60), 1969 has been archival stored for over 50 years; the impression is unframed, remarkably rare and highly desirable, this impression has never been framed, hinged or matted. Accordingly the impression is particularly fresh, without the usual condition issues. The Red is particularly bright red, not attenuated or pink as usually seen; the metallic areas particularly vibrant, without the usual creases or cracks. The surrounding white area is a vivid bright white, not attenuated or off-white like so often seen on impressions that have been sitting in a frame for five decades. Significantly, the impression is Authenticated on the verso with the official stamp by The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc., along with a unique ID Number.
Literature Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne: 1962-1987, Fourth Edition, D.A.P., New York, 2003, Catalogue Reference F&S II. 60, another impression reproduced in color, page 75.
Provenance David Whitney, New York Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
About Our impression of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can (Oyster Stew), 1969 Color Screenprint on paper is a captivating example of one of the most iconic and recognizable Pop Art symbols of twentieth-century American Art. Boasting outstanding true museum quality condition, this rare impression was stored in archival materials since 1969 and has NEVER been framed, hinged or matted. Accordingly the colors are particularly fresh and vibrant, the red color extremely vivid, not attenuated like the majority of Andy Warhol Soup Cans that have been framed and hung for decades, many in non-archival frames.
Appropriated, re-contextualized and re-purposed, the Campbell’s Soup Can motif would become the world famous, quintessential icon of Warholian Pop. As Henry Geldzahler recalls, "The Campbell’s Soup Can was the Nude Descending a Staircase of pop art. Here was an image that became an overnight rallying point for the sympathetic and the bane of the hostile. Warhol captured the imagination of the media and the public as had no other artist of his generation. Andy was pop and pop was Andy" Henry Geldzahler cited in: Victor Bockris, The Life and Death ofAndyWarhol, London, 1998, pages 159-60.
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