Beef (F&S II.49)
Details
Edition
135/250
Medium
Screenprint
Signature
Signed
Unframed Dimensions
35 x 23 in
88.9 x 58.42 cm
Framed Dimensions
38 x 26 in
96.52 x 66.04 cm
Series
Campbell’s Soup I
Year
1968
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) stands as one of the most influential and widely collected artists of the 20th century. A visionary who bridged fine art, celebrity culture, design, and mass media, Warhol transformed the landscape of contemporary art and remains a cornerstone of blue-chip collecting today. His pioneering work in Pop Art, from silkscreens to film, photography, and sculpture, continues to shape global visual culture and the modern art market at large.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Warhol studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he trained in pictorial design before moving to New York City in 1949. He quickly established himself as one of the most successful commercial illustrators of the 1950s, creating distinctive campaigns and imagery for Tiffany & Co., Columbia Records, The New York Times, NBC, I. Miller Shoes, and other leading clients. His graphic innovations earned him multiple awards and national recognition.
In the early 1960s, Warhol shifted fully into fine art, introducing a radically new visual language rooted in consumer culture. His early Pop paintings, including works based on comics, advertising, and everyday American products, culminated in his groundbreaking Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), the series that made him a household name. Warhol embraced silkscreen printing as a way to reflect the repetition and mechanization of modern life, creating portraits of celebrities, political figures, and icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Liz Taylor, Mick Jagger, and countless others.
During the 1970s and ’80s, Warhol expanded into what is now considered his “Post-Pop” period, producing hundreds of commissioned portraits and experimenting with shadow paintings, oxidation works, collaborative canvases, and vibrant reinterpretations of art historical themes. His studio (The Factory) became the center of avant-garde culture in New York, attracting musicians, actors, writers, and fellow artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Francesco Clemente. Warhol’s collaborations with Basquiat alone resulted in over 150 works, bridging two generations and marking a pivotal moment in contemporary art history.
Warhol remained active until his death in 1987. His influence spans painting, printmaking, sculpture, film, photography, performance, and the aesthetics of celebrity itself. He redefined what it means to be an artist in the modern world, blurring boundaries between high and low culture, commerce and fine art, production and performance.
Warhol’s works are represented in major museum collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all in New York), Tate Modern (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Leeum Samsung Museum of Art (South Korea), and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, among many others. The largest archive of his work is housed at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. His collectors include notable figures such as the Mugrabi family, Ethel Scull, James Hedges, and numerous international private collections.
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As one of the premier contemporary art galleries in the United States, DTR Modern Galleries proudly presents a curated selection of Andy Warhol’s original prints and works on paper across our New York City, Boston, Palm Beach, and Washington, D.C. locations. Collectors are invited to explore available Warhol works and experience firsthand the enduring impact of an artist who forever changed the course of modern art.
