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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.
Feb 2, 2018 · Irving Blum’s most ingenious decision in 1962 was purchasing Warhol’s original set of 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans for $1,000, displaying them at his Los Angeles Ferus Gallery, and introducing West Coast to Pop Art and Warhol.
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 (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.
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).
Mar 30, 2012 · With his elegant manner and flair for promotion, Blum proved the perfect foil for the bohemian intellectual Hopps, and between them they attracted a wide cross-section of L.A. characters: patrons of the arts; students; scions; and actors like Dennis Hopper and Vincent Price.
Apr 29, 2015 · Ferus director Irving Blum offered the show to Warhol, who was still relatively unknown as a painter, after he first saw six soup-can canvases in 1961 while visiting Warhol’s apartment on Lexington Avenue that doubled as a studio.
