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Andy Warhol — Playboy Magazine [Tomato Soup]
Andy Warhol

Playboy Magazine [Tomato Soup]

A striking ink drawing by Andy Warhol adorns the cover of *Playboy* magazine, featuring his iconic Campbell's Tomato Soup can rendered in his signature graphic style. The work blurs the boundary between fine art and mass-media publication, transforming a consumer magazine into a collectible art object. True to Warhol's fascination with commercialism and popular culture, the piece elevates an everyday product into a symbol of American consumer society.

Medium
Ink drawing on a magazine (the cover was designed by the artist), intact with magazine pages.

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Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection

April 18, 2017

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Andy Warhol, Playboy Magazine [Tomato Soup]

A striking ink drawing by Andy Warhol adorns the cover of *Playboy* magazine, featuring his iconic Campbell's Tomato Soup can rendered in his signature graphic style. The work blurs the boundary between fine art and mass-media publication, transforming a consumer magazine into a collectible art object. True to Warhol's fascination with commercialism and popular culture, the piece elevates an everyday product into a symbol of American consumer society.

Medium
Ink drawing on a magazine (the cover was designed by the artist), intact with magazine pages.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Consumer Culture, 20th Century, Red and White, Magazine Cover, Commercial Art, Male Artist, Graphic Design, Campbell's Soup, American Artist, Pop Art, Iconic Artist, Ink Drawing

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Derek Jones, Lisa Rembrandt, Nicholas Blum, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Nick Phoenix