Coca-Cola
Andy Warhol
American, 1928–1987
1962
A mimeograph stencil on paper in which Andy Warhol reduces the Coca‑Cola bottle and script to stenciled outlines, testing how commercial imagery can be translated into art through simple, repeatable processes.
The white, sketchy contours read like a blueprint against a dense blue field—the familiar bottle curves and looping 'Coca‑Cola' script set among ruler markings and punched binder holes that call attention to its status as a mechanical template.
Made at the dawn of Pop Art (1962), it makes visible the collapse of advertising and fine art, showing how everyday branding and reproduction techniques could become the subject and method of modern art.
Medium
Mimeograph stencil on paper
Dimensions
14 x 9" (35.6 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
16.2004
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