Campbell's Soup Can II (Complete Portfolio), 1969
Screenprint in colours
Edition of 250, signed on verso
81 x 48 cm
Ultimately an optimistic and celebratory statement regarding modernity, Warhol employed the Campbell Soup Can theme in contrast to Abstract Expressionism’s more negative message.
Furthermore, a parallel can be drawn between representations throughout history: where a still life by Cézanne is still involved with the retinal, Warhol concentrates on the conceptual content of the image, and its implications.
