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Print
Campbell's Soup Can on Shopping Bag
Andy Warhol, 1928 - 1987
Warhol, Andy
United States
1928 - 1987
Male
19 1/2 x 16 15/16 in. (49.5 x 43 cm)
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bag without handle
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1966
1966
1966
12.72L
1900-2000, 20th century, serigraphs
Print
This bag was published for a Warhol exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, on view from October 1 - November 6, 1966. Two years earlier, serigraphed shopping bags sporting a Warhol soup can and a Lichtenstein turkey were made for an exhibit entitled "American Supermarket" at the Bianchini Gallery in New York. Signed by the artists, in editions of about 125 each, they cost $12 apiece. Sold as exhibition souvenirs, the shopping bags were an instant hit. People used them until they fell apart and now those novelty items have gained a status completely counter to their original intent.
[Gallery label text 2012]
Andy Warhol designed this bag with his iconic Campbell’s Soup can for a 1966 exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Sold as ephemeral souvenirs, those that have held up the past 45 years have gained a lofty status counter to their original intent.
The popularity of these shopping bags and others like them inspired the production of other Pop multiples as seen in the case nearby, including Warhol’s Kiss.
lower center, in the image
1978.97
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
78.97DI1
digital image
12/7/2001
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