A huge orangupoid, which no man can conquer

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Art appreciation

In 1961, an unknown Andy Warhol gave one of his earliest Campbell’s Soup Can paintings to his brother, telling him that it would be worth a million dollars some day (New York Times link, registration required). The brother’s children would take the picture to school for show-and-tell in a brown paper bag. At home, it would stand on a table and lean against a wall. Earlier this month, the painting sold for $1.2 million. The family couldn’t afford to keep it because of the cost of insurance. Looks like Andy was off by a bit.

Posted at 7:45 PM

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