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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Andy Warhol, Onion Soup, from Campbell's Soup I, 1968

Andy Warhol

Onion Soup, from Campbell's Soup I, 1968
Silkscreen in colours
89.1 x 58.9 cm (35 x 23.1 in), size of sheet.
From an edition of 250 copies.
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Andy Warhol’s Onion Soup Can is part of his iconic series depicting everyday supermarket products, transforming a familiar consumer item into a work of fine art. By presenting the soup can with clean lines, bold colors, and commercial-style repetition, Warhol challenges traditional ideas of what art can be and where inspiration comes from. The piece reflects the rise of mass production and consumer culture in mid-20th-century America, turning an ordinary grocery shelf staple into a symbol of modern life.


Through its simple composition and instantly recognizable imagery, Onion Soup Can captures the essence of Pop Art—blurring the boundary between advertising, popular culture, and the art world. Warhol’s work invites viewers to reconsider the aesthetic value of everyday objects while highlighting society’s fascination with branding, consumption, and visual repetition.


Both playful and thought-provoking, the artwork remains a powerful example of how ordinary objects can be reimagined as cultural icons within contemporary art.

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Provenance

Galerie im Hause Behr, Stuttgart.

Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above via Galerie Hermann Wünsche, Cologne, in 1980).

Ketter & Kunst, Wintere Sale 2025

Literature

Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi. Andy Warhol Prints. A catalogue raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, CR no. II.47 (illustrated).


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