Andy Warhol

 

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Warhol, Andy Campbell's Soup Can 1964 Silkscreen on canvas 35 3/4 x 24 in Leo Castelli Gallery, New York ©1999 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Many artists have made ordinary, commonplace objects the focus of their artworks.

Andy Warhol, early in his career as a exhibiting artist, created images like this of a soup can.

What do we see here that gives us a clue as to his feelings about this object?

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