Campbell's Soup Can and Dollar Bills

By 1960, Warhol was a successful commercial artist known primarily for his designs for shoe advertisements. Wishing to move from commercial to fine art, he adopted the free, gestural style of the Abstract Expressionists. This drawing belongs to the brief, early Pop period during which Warhol applied this style to images of consumer culture. Soon after, he began using the silkscreen technique that would become the hallmark of his work.