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Andy Warhol ”Chicken Noodle” Soup Can Screenprint - Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987). Screenprint in colors on paper titled ”Chicken Noodle, ” 1968. From perhaps Warhol's best known suite depicting ten Campbell's soup cans. Ink stamped edition 27/250 and pencil signed along the verso. Lot Essay: Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a leading figure in the art movement known as Pop Art. As a child, Warhol was frequently kept home from school due to a chronic illness. During this time, Warhol immersed himself drawing and became captivated by the visual culture of the time, surrounded by snapshots of culture and celebrity in comic books, magazines, and commonplace items, laying the foundation for a later fascination with the intersection of artistic expression and commercial success. Warhol pursued formal art education at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and found initial success as a commercial illustrator in New York City during the 1950s. However, it was in the 1960s that Warhol catapulted to fame with the emergence of Pop Art. His Campbell's Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe portraits, and Coca-Cola bottle paintings became iconic symbols of the movement. Warhol's unique approach drew inspiration from commercialism, mass media, and consumer culture, making him a distinctive voice in the 20th-century art scene alongside contemporaries like Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns. His innovative studios, particularly ”The Factory, ” served as avant-garde hubs of creativity, attracting diverse talents. Here, Warhol embraced screen printing, a technique that allowed for mass production of art. This method became a hallmark of his work, enabling him to blur the boundaries between art and consumer culture. Warhol began producing his iconic soup can series in 1962, creating thirty-two silkscreens depicting these cans, one for each variety available at that time. He continued to produce these images for over two decades. The soup can series, created via mechanical reproduction, coincided with Warhol's fascination with mass-produced Post-war consumerism, creating this well-studied subject that continues to be iconic of the artist's work. Remarking on this subject, Warhol said ”I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch every day, for twenty years, I guess, the same thing over and over again.” Sight; height: 35 in x width: 23 in. Framed; height: 40 in x width: 28 in x depth: 1 1/2 in. Condition: Please email us at condition@revereauctions.com for a condition report or additional photos.