Campbell's Soup Can - Pepper Pot / Andy Warhol
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.86
- Title
- Campbell's Soup Can - Pepper Pot
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928 - 1987
- Medium and Support
- mixed media
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1966
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Inscription
- Script to left of Pepper Pot: Andy / Warhol
- Dimensions
- 10 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.7 cm (3 15/16 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 2 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- found object
- Physical Description
- Can of Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup with Andy Warhol’s signature in black felt-tip pen on lower left front of can.
- Subject Matter
- The presence of Warhol’s signature on a genuine, seemingly banal, can of Campbell’s Pepper Pot soup elevates the piece and gives it credibility as a work of art, while paying homage to his infamous Campbell’s soup silk-screens.
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- found object sculpture
- international post-1945 styles and movements
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- modern and contemporary art
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- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 436 x 653
- File Size
- 33 KB
- Record
- 1988/1.86
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1988-sl-1.86/1988_1.86.jpg
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"Campbell's Soup Can - Pepper Pot; Andy Warhol." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1988-sl-1.86/1988_1.86.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
