Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907 |
I was also delighted to find a small but focused exhibition devoted to Warhol: Campbell's Soup Cans and Other Works, 1953–1967. The 32 Soup Can canvases, first shown in 1962, are displayed in a single line around the gallery - arranged chronologically according to the date each variety was put on the market, from Tomato in 1897 to... unfortunately, I have forgotten what the last one was - possibly Beef Noodle? Some research needed!
Also included in the exhibition is Double Elvis (1963), Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962) and a full suite of Marilyn screenprints (1967) as well as a range of early commercial drawings. Great stuff.
Andy Warhol, installation view of Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962 |
Andy Warhol, Double Elvis, 1963 |
Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe, 1962 |
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe 1967 - portfolio of 10 screenprints |
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe 1967 - portfolio of 10 screenprints - detail |
Below is my top ten - (apart from the Warhols and Picasso already mentioned above) - arranged alphabetically by artist:
André Derain, Bathers, 1907 |
George Grosz, The Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse, 1927 |
Alfredo Jaar, Lament of the Images, 2002 (NB this doesn't work as a reproduction - the blinding light has to be experienced.) |
Jasper Johns, Flag, 1954-5 |
Sherrie Levine, Large Check, 1987 (detail) |
Henri Matisse, The Piano Lesson, 1916 |
Barnett Newman, Vir
Heroicus
Sublimis,
1950-51
|
Pablo Picasso, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), Spring 1910 |
Robert Rauschenberg, Bed, 1955 |
Andy Warhol, Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times, 1963 |
(See also: Postcard from New York, 1: Whitney Museum of American Art (+ The High Line); Postcard from New York, 3: The Guggenheim; Postcard from New York, 4: Dia: Beacon; click on the index label below to see all Postcards from New York)
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