PWT 30 2015

rhinoceros weekly transmission

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5. Andy Warhol chose Campbell's Soup cans as the focal point of his pop art

thursday 30 july 2015 : the wealthy art market

transmission 30 contents : selection of books and photographs campbell's soup cans

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The e-bulletin presents books, albums, photographs and ancient documents as they have been transmitted to us by their creators and by amateurs from past generations.

The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, place and date of printing of books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collations and comparisons with other prints or comparable samples (from our picture library).

The books and photographs from all around the world are presented in chronological order. It is the privilege of ancient and authentic things to be presented in this fashion, mirroring the flow of ideas and creations.

All the items presented are available at the time of transmission.

The prices are denominated in euro. Paypal is accepted. Priority is given to the first outright purchase, confirmed by email to

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Attr. to Gerard van spaendonck (1746-1822). tulips, paris, 1800s Ink drawing on heavy paper, 240x170 mm, captioned in vintage pencil : “G. Van Spaendonck lud. faciebat 18.. ” (GvS l’a réalisé pour son plaisir), paper strips verso. Interesting study by the professor of Redouté. From the same collection, was a drawing of hawthorn. € 1.200

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nicolas appert. First tin: Flageolets moyens, boîte de conserve, c. 1810 Vintage tint, 185x95x95 mm, copper label. Early Tin. “Les systèmes des brevets actuels viennent de la période révolutionnaire : les premières lois concernant des brevets d'inventions datent de 1790 pour les États-Unis (loi du 17 août 1790) et de 1791 pour la France (loi du 7 janvier 1791). Les systèmes arbitraires précédents de privilèges et monopoles sont abolis. 30 janvier 1810, le gouvernement récompense l’invention d’Appert”. € 3.000

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oly papier dominoté traditionnel, italie, 1823 Complete sheet, 435x320 mm, captioned : “Leon del.” ( Könidruck).

€ 150

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paul martial boĂŽte de conserve, tin, suresnes, 1935 Vintage silver print, 227x167 mm, pensil, verso.

â‚Ź 500

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paul martial boĂŽte de conserve 2, tin, suresnes, 1935 Vintage silver print, 227x167 mm, pensil, verso.

â‚Ź 500

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reporter du matin. La Wehrmacht reconquiert le Diepr..., 12 avril 1944 Vintage silver print, 300x240 mm, stamp : “Photo Le Matin”. Remarquable Une du journal pro-allemand en date du 12 avril 1944, deux mois avant le débarquement en Normandie.

“Les négatifs-verre produits par et pour Le Matin, couvrant la période 1925-1944, en particulier les années de la collaboration sont conservés au Musée de la Résistance nationale de Champigny-sur-Marne” (Wikipedia). € 300

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christopher maker (1948). andy warhol, nyc, 18 February 1985 Vintage silver print, 255x200 mm including white margins, two stamps, date : “2/18/85”.

Warhol called Makos the "most modern photographer in America"(Wikipedia). € 1.500

Campbell's Soup Cans,

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Campbell's Soup Cans,

“Campbell's Soup Cans,which is sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, is a work of art produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol. It consists of thirty-two canvases, each measuring 20 inches (51 cm) in height × 16 inches (41 cm) in width and each consisting of a painting of a Campbell's Soup can—one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time. The individual paintings were produced by a printmaking method—the semi-mechanized screen printing process, using a non-painterly style. Campbell's Soup Cans' reliance on themes from popular culture helped to usher in pop art as a major art movement in the United States.

Warhol, a commercial illustrator who became a successful author, publisher, painter, and film director, showed the work on July 9, 1962, in his first one-man gallery exhibition as a fine artist in the Ferus Gallery of Los Angeles, California. The exhibition marked the West Coast debut of pop art. The combination of the semi-mechanized process, the non-painterly style, and the commercial subject initially caused offense, as the work's blatantly mundane commercialism represented a direct affront to the technique and philosophy of abstract expressionism. In the United States the abstract expressionism art movement was dominant during the post-war period, and it held not only to "fine art" values and aesthetics but also to a mystical inclination. This controversy led to a great deal of debate about the merits and ethics of such work. Warhol's motives as an artist were questioned, and they continue to be topical to this day. The large public commotion helped transform Warhol from being an accomplished 1950s commercial illustrator to a notable fine artist, and it helped distinguish him from other rising pop artists. Although commercial demand for his paintings was not immediate, Warhol's association with the subject led to his name becoming synonymous with the Campbell's Soup Can paintings.

Warhol subsequently produced a wide variety of art works depicting Campbell's Soup cans during three distinct phases of his career, and he produced other works using a variety of images from the world of commerce and mass media. Today, the Campbell's Soup cans theme is generally used in reference to the original set of paintings as well as the later Warhol drawings and paintings depicting Campbell's Soup cans. Because of the eventual popularity of the entire series of similarly themed works, Warhol's reputation grew to the point where he was not only the most-renowned American pop art artist,but also the highest-priced living American artist” (Wikipedia).

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