This work and the four others were designed for the Clairol brand, and were added to their art collection upon completion. In 2001, when The Procter & Gamble Company acquired Clairol from Bristol Myers Squibb, these five works were added to the P&G archives. They are now for sale at Cincinnati Art Galleries to Modern Art enthusiasts, Pop Art aficionados, or those that would just love to add a reasonably-priced Andy Warhol original to their collection.

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Andy Warhol

(American, 1928–1987)

Andy Warhol was an American painter, graphic artist, and filmmaker who settled in New York in 1949. By the 1950s, he was a successful commercial illustrator.  In 1962, he achieved sudden notoriety with stenciled images of Campbell’s Soup Cans and Coca-Cola bottles, quickly becoming the most controversial figure in American Pop Art and a master of self-promotion.

By 1959, Warhol had set his sights on fine art, famously declaring, “I want to be Matisse!” Favoring the silkscreen process, he embraced the idea of infinite replication and rejected the notion of a work of art as a singular, handcrafted object. Calling his studio “The Factory,” Warhol produced art like a manufacturer, often using mass media imagery to explore themes of consumerism, celebrity, and identity.

Warhol’s work is now held in major museum collections worldwide. The Andy Warhol Museum opened in Pittsburgh in 1994, and his influence continues long after his death, his “fifteen minutes of fame” proving far more enduring. In 2008, he surpassed Picasso as the top-selling artist internationally.