Warhol Campbells Soup Silkscreen Souper Dress paper vintage 1966 MINT CONDITION Authentic

Screenprint on Cellulose Dress. Stamped, with the Souper Dress label at the neck. 38.00 x 22.00 in 96.5 x 55.9 cm Bears original label on the inside and accompanying Extremely rare. Dress folded as originally issued. Never worn or previously displayed. Difficult to find in mint condition. ABOUT THE WORK This iconic dress is in fine condition and has never been hemmed or altered, and has no rips or tears and was never worn. Unlike many other editions of this work on the market, this is accompanied by the original insert. This is the classic Andy Warhol "Souper Dress" that is in the permanent collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Andy Warhol Museum. This superb piece of Sixties conceptual art was also exhibited at a 2000 Whitney Museum exhibition focusing on Warhol's contribution to fashion, as well as many museum and gallery shows focusing on Art of the Sixties and Warhol's influence on fashion and popular culture. The image is reproduced in the monograph "The Warhol Look: Glamour, Style, Fashion," by Mark Francis, New York 1997. It is a silkscreen dress that was sold by Campbell's Soup as a nod to the throwaway, "carefree" culture of the 1960s. The Souper Dress is an early and iconic example of the convergence of fashion, high art, advertising and industry, and is well recognized as a collector's item. This A-line dress is printed with the red, black and white Campbell's Soup label.  Many women in the Sixties who acquired these dresses took the instructions on the affixed label literally and disposed of these valuable dresses after receiving them. Thus, The Souper Dress is increasingly scarce and valuable. Nowadays these iconic and highly collectible pieces are often framed or exhibited in elegant plexiglass boxes.  A must-have for serious Warhol fans and collectors, as well as designers and fashionistas. The Souper Dress is a superb conversation piece and a marvelous piece of Pop Art ephemera from the fabulous Sixties. In excellent original condition with original folds as issued - these works were sold folded and shipped in the mail to people who clipped out an ad in a Ladies Journal, wrote a check for $1.00 and mailed it to the Campbell's Soup Company.