'The Souper Dress'.
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Colour screenprint on cotton/paper dress, circa 1965. In the neck label "The Souper Dress", issued by Campbell's Soup (size of the edition unknown). Length 97 cm. Width 61 cm. Measurements including frame 117 x 97 cm. Inspired by Andy Warhol's graphic works depicting various soup cans.
Not examined out of frame. Creases. Minor wear.
Provenance
Stockholms Auktionsverk, Nutida, 2011-05-05, no. 1867.
More information
The disposable Souper Dress, covered with repeating likenesses of Campbell’s soup cans, had been designed by the company in response to Andy Warhol’s iconic “Campbell’s Soup Cans” (1962). In the late 1960s, the dress was available for those who sent in the labels of any two Campbell’s vegetable soups, $1 USD and one's dress size.
