Facts about Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans

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   Warhol reportedly got the idea to paint Campbell's Soup Cans after a friend suggested he paint something so commonplace that no one would notice it.

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   Each painting in Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans is the same size, created using a combination of projection, hand-painting, and silkscreen techniques.

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   The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans in 1996, where the series remains part of the permanent collection.

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   First exhibited in 1962 at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans was displayed on shelves mimicking a supermarket arrangement.

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   Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans consists of 32 paintings, one for each variety of Campbell's soup sold at the time.

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