Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "The Souper Dress".
Medium: Color silkscreen on paper.
Date: Composed c1965-1968.
Dimensions: Overall size: 38 1/4 x 23 1/8 in. (972 x 587 mm).
Lot Note(s): Edition unknown, few survive intact and complete. Printed on paper: 80% cellulose, 20% cotton. The complete dress, untrimmed at bottom. Fine impression. Condition: folds as issued; repaired tear and repairs, lower right, slight yellowing, prior owner's inscriptions and artwork in black marker, verso, top left and right, else good. Framing would mask the imperfections. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Mark Francis, "The Warhol Look: Glamour, Style, Fashion", New York, 1997 (illustration of another example). Comment(s): The dress has sold at auction as high as $23,275 (Phillips New York, March 10, 2007, lot #1218). Our example, unlike many, does not have the bottom hem cut off (the concept was that the bottom of the dress could be cut to fit). The printing date is variously given as 1960 (incorrect), 1965, 1966, and 1968. Apparently, for two soup can labels and $1.00, Campbell's would send you this A-line dress, fire resistant unless washed or cleaned, three sizes available. Exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Published by the Campbell Soup Company. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. TM Licensed by Campbell's Soup Co. All rights reserved. [28127-6-1600] |
