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Andy Warhol, Cream of Mushroom Soup F.S. II 53, 1968

Andy Warhol

Cream of Mushroom Soup F.S. II 53, 1968
Screen print
35 x 23 in
88.9 x 58.4 cm
Edition of 250 plus 26 AP
Series: Campbell's Soup I
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Campbell’s Soup Cans I: Cream of Mushroom FS. II 53 by Andy Warhol is one of ten screenprints from his iconic 1968 Campbell’s Soup Cans I portfolio. The composition is...
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Campbell’s Soup Cans I: Cream of Mushroom FS. II 53 by Andy Warhol is one of ten screenprints from his iconic 1968 Campbell’s Soup Cans I portfolio. The composition is deliberately simple—symmetrical, flat, and rendered in a limited palette—mirroring the mechanical appearance of a commercial label. Yet beneath its surface, the work is a striking commentary on mass production, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of advertising. Created six years after his groundbreaking 1962 paintings of Campbell’s soup cans, this screenprint builds on Warhol’s earliest explorations of commodified imagery. Today, the Campbell’s Soup Cans I series ranks among his most celebrated and valuable print portfolios.


Warhol’s original 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans debuted at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1962—his first solo exhibition. The show was provocative and disruptive. At a time when the art world was dominated by Abstract Expressionism and emotive brushwork, Warhol presented industrially neat, uniform depictions of everyday food cans. Critics and viewers were divided. Some saw it as a bold redefinition of art, while others dismissed it as cold, commercial, and devoid of emotion. Yet over time, those same images became emblematic of modern art’s transformation in the 20th century.


As a founding figure of the Pop Art movement, Warhol famously blurred the line between high art and consumerism. His philosophy was clear: art should be accessible, democratic, and reflective of contemporary life. “I don’t think art should be only for the select few,” he once said. “I think it should be for the mass of the American people.” Warhol viewed mass-produced goods—like Coca-Cola, Life Savers, and Campbell’s Soup—not as mundane but as symbols of shared human experience. For him, there was beauty in their sameness. No one could buy a better Coke, or a better can of Cream of Mushroom soup, than anyone else. That equality fascinated him.


In Campbell’s Soup Cans I: Cream of Mushroom 53, we see this philosophy at work. Warhol transforms a common grocery item into a cultural icon. The piece prompts viewers to question long-held definitions of artistic merit. Why should historical or mythological subjects take precedence over the objects of daily life? Warhol believed that in an industrialized society, true authenticity lies in the everyday. By elevating consumer products to the status of fine art, he redirected the viewer’s attention toward the present moment and its most ubiquitous symbols.


Ultimately, Cream of Mushroom FS.II 53 is more than a screenprint—it’s a conceptual statement. Like the rest of the Campbell’s Soup series, it invites us to reconsider the boundaries of taste, class, and legitimacy in the art world. Warhol’s legacy rests in this challenge to tradition: to find art not in the extraordinary, but in the familiar.

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