
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Warhol’s Onion Soup screen print (F&S II.47) is part of the seminal Campbell’s Soup I portfolio produced in 1968. This series revisits the subject matter that first gained Warhol critical and commercial acclaim in 1962. With Onion Soup, Warhol continues his examination of consumer culture, where the imagery of a humble canned good is elevated to the status of fine art.
The choice of flavour is largely incidental—Warhol was not celebrating the soup itself but what it represented: standardisation, branding, and the psychology of the supermarket shelf. In doing so, he removed traditional artistic hierarchy and introduced the notion that mass-produced goods were more culturally significant than individual expression. The repetition across the series reflects a mechanised aesthetic that paralleled the silkscreen process he used.
This work, like the others in the set, is prized by collectors not only for its historical significance within Pop Art but also for its role in shaping Warhol’s legacy as an artist who redefined the subject of contemporary art. The print is in excellent condition, with guaranteed authenticity and provenance, available through Coskun Fine Art.
Literature
Catalogue Raisonné: Feldman & Schellmann II.47