Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Andy Warhol at the Huntington Library & Gardens - New Works of Art that is!





The Huntington's new works by Andy Warhol go on view tomorrow, January 12th.

Now's your chance not only to see the gorgeous grounds of the Huntington Library and Gardens, but to see Warhol's, "Small crushed Campbell's soup can (Beef Soup)" and the 1964 "Brillo Box".

While you're there don't forget to see the newer Chinese garden and, my personal favorite, the Desert garden.



Pop Art Comes to The Huntington

Warhol works are received from the estate of Robert Shapazian

A gift of important works by Andy Warhol, the artist synonymous with the Pop Art movement, has come to The Huntington from the estate of Robert Shapazian, who was the director of Lapis Press, founded by the artist Sam Francis, and was founding director of the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. One of the pieces is Small Crushed Campbell’s Soup Can (Beef Noodle), a painting made in 1962 as a unique, early variant of the famous series. Another is Brillo Box, constructed in 1964 at the time of the artist’s first sculpture exhibition. Rounding out the gift is a group of nine unlicensed copies of Brillo Box commissioned in 1990 by art collector and international museum director Pontus Hultén.
   

No comments:

Post a Comment