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Mar 30, 2012 · In July of 1962, Irving Blum’s fledgling Los Angeles gallery, Ferus, hosted the debut exhibition of an artist from New York named Andy Warhol. The work on display: a group of 32 20-by-16-inch paintings of Campbell’s soup cans (one for each of the 32 varieties of Campbell’s soup available at the time). Reviews of the show were middling at best, and Blum managed to sell just five of the ...
Sep 4, 2023 · Blum was the dealer who introduced the West Coast to Pop Art and Lichtenstein’s works in the 1960s. Now he’s showing his friend’s rarely seen sculptures. Irving Blum at Gagosian in New York ...
Irving Blum. Irving Blum (born 1930) is primarily known as the gallerist who introduced Andy Warhol ’s work to the West Coast, famously showcasing his original 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans in his and wife Shirley Blum’s Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles circa 1962. Irving Blum made his way to San Francisco after being honorably discharged from the ...
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Nov 4, 2013 · Irving Blum was one of L.A.’s first successful contemporary art dealers. In 1962, Blum’s Ferus Gallery was the first commercial gallery to show Andy Warhol and went on to promote Ed Ruscha ...
Irving Blum was the man who brought Pop Art and its leading figure, Andy Warhol, to the West Coast. As an early indication of his savvy business mind, Irving saw what was developing in New York’s art world, its post-war buying and selling, as something that could be easily transposed to LA.
Apr 29, 2015 · Blum hoped that eventually the paintings would find a home at a major museum, and in 1996, thanks to an initiative spearheaded by Kirk Varnedoe, former Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, the paintings were acquired by MoMA as a partial gift of Irving Blum, and a partial purchase.
Oct 23, 2020 · Irving Blum, Ferus Gallery director, during Andy Warhol’s first-ever commercial gallery exhibit in July 1962 at 723 N. La Cienega Blvd. (in the unincorporated West Hollywood community). (Photo by William Claxton. Courtesy of Demont Photo Management LLC)[/caption] Art historians say that Los Angeles came of age as an art city by the early 1960s. As
