pwt 30 2015
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selection of books and photographs 1-7 campbell's soup cans 8TRANSCRIPT
transmission 30 contents :
selection of books and photographs 1-7
campbell's soup cans 8
rhinoceros weekly transmission rwt-30
thursday 30 july 2015 : the wealthy art market
5. Andy Warhol chose Campbell's Soup cans as the focal point of his pop art
The e-bulletin presents books, albums, photographs and ancient docu-ments 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 presentedin chronological order. It is the privilege of ancient and authentic
things to be presented in this fashion, mirroring the flow of ideas andcreations.
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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 Spaendoncklud. faciebat 18.. ” (GvS l’a réalisé pour son plaisir), paper strips verso. Interesting study bythe 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 vien-nent de la période révolutionnaire : les premières lois concernant des brevets d'inventionsdatent de 1790 pour les États-Unis (loi du 17 août 1790) et de 1791 pour la France (loi du 7janvier 1791). Les systèmes arbitraires précédents de privilèges et monopoles sont abolis. 30janvier 1810, le gouvernement récompense l’invention d’Appert”. € 3.000
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olypapier dominoté traditionnel, italie, 1823
Complete sheet, 435x320 mm, captioned : “Leon del.” ( Könidruck). € 150
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paul martial boîte de conserve, tin, suresnes, 1935
Vintage silver print, 227x167 mm, pensil, verso. € 500
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paul martial boîte de conserve 2, tin, suresnes, 1935
Vintage silver print, 227x167 mm, pensil, verso. € 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 journalpro-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 particulierles années de la collaboration sont conservés au Musée de la Résistance nationale deChampigny-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,which is sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, is awork of art produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol. It consists of thirty-two canvases, eachmeasuring 20 inches (51 cm) in height × 16 inches (41 cm) in width and each consistingof a painting of a Campbell's Soup can—one of each of the canned soup varieties thecompany offered at the time. The individual paintings were produced by a printmakingmethod—the semi-mechanized screen printing process, using a non-painterly style. Camp-bell's Soup Cans' reliance on themes from popular culture helped to usher in pop art asa major art movement in the United States.
Warhol, a commercial illustrator who became a successful author, publisher, painter, andfilm director, showed the work on July 9, 1962, in his first one-man gallery exhibition as afine artist in the Ferus Gallery of Los Angeles, California. The exhibition marked the WestCoast debut of pop art. The combination of the semi-mechanized process, the non-pain-terly style, and the commercial subject initially caused offense, as the work's blatantlymundane commercialism represented a direct affront to the technique and philosophy ofabstract expressionism. In the United States the abstract expressionism art movement wasdominant during the post-war period, and it held not only to "fine art" values and aesthe-tics but also to a mystical inclination. This controversy led to a great deal of debate aboutthe merits and ethics of such work. Warhol's motives as an artist were questioned, andthey continue to be topical to this day. The large public commotion helped transform Wa-rhol from being an accomplished 1950s commercial illustrator to a notable fine artist, andit helped distinguish him from other rising pop artists. Although commercial demand forhis paintings was not immediate, Warhol's association with the subject led to his namebecoming synonymous with the Campbell's Soup Can paintings.
Warhol subsequently produced a wide variety of art works depicting Campbell's Soupcans during three distinct phases of his career, and he produced other works using a varietyof images from the world of commerce and mass media. Today, the Campbell's Soup canstheme is generally used in reference to the original set of paintings as well as the later Wa-rhol drawings and paintings depicting Campbell's Soup cans. Because of the eventual po-pularity of the entire series of similarly themed works, Warhol's reputation grew to thepoint where he was not only the most-renowned American pop art artist,but also the hi-ghest-priced living American artist” (Wikipedia).
Campbell's Soup Cans, 8 Campbell's Soup Cans,
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