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This incredible Brillo Box was produced in a limited edition of just 500 pieces for the Andy Warhol Show in Antwerp, Belgium some 30 years ago in 1988!
Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Brillo Box
Year created: 1988
Medium: Premium carton paper
Edition: Limited Edition 270 of 500
Height (inches): 20
Width (inches): 16
Depth (inches): 2
This piece is framed
Includes a certificate of authenticity
Description of piece:
This incredible Brillo Box was produced in a limited edition of just 500 pieces for the Andy Warhol Show in Antwerp, Belgium some 30 years ago in 1988! It is a reproduction of a Brillo steel Wool Soap Pads package in good condition with only minimal signs of wear. A really rare piece of art. This box is # 269/500. An incredible centerpiece and conversation piece. It comes with an additional photograph of Andy Warhol in his Factory holding a large Brillo Box. The photograph measures 20” by 16”.
Artist bio:
When he graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1949, Warhol moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist. It was also at this time that he dropped the "a" at the end of his last name to become Andy Warhol. He landed a job with Glamour magazine in September, and went on to become one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He won frequent awards for his uniquely whimsical style, using his own blotted line technique and rubber stamps to create his drawings.
In the late 1950s, Warhol began devoting more attention to painting, and in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art"—paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial goods. In 1962, he exhibited the now-iconic paintings of Campbell's soup cans. These small canvas works of everyday consumer products created a major stir in the art world, bringing both Warhol and pop art into the national spotlight for the first time. British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business." As Warhol himself put it, "Once you 'got' pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought pop, you could never see America the same way again."
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