
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Pepper Pot (F&S II.51) is one of the more unusual flavours featured in Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup I portfolio. Its inclusion underscores Warhol’s interest in not just the ubiquity of consumer products but their variety, nuance, and perceived individuality—despite identical branding.
In the Campbell’s Soup series, Warhol treats every flavour with the same visual formula, flattening their uniqueness through repetition and uniformity. This was central to his critique of mass production and modern marketing, where difference is manufactured and controlled. The use of a silkscreen process allowed Warhol to echo this uniformity precisely, echoing the production methods of the consumer goods he depicted.
Pepper Pot is a sought-after work within the series and carries particular conceptual weight for its reflection on cultural uniformity masquerading as choice. This print is in excellent condition and is accompanied by full authentication and provenance from Coskun Fine Art.
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Catalogue Raisonné: Feldman & Schellmann II.51