But in a matter of months, Warhol's first exhibition of Brillo boxes created a pop-art sensation.
But now a Brillo box is considered as legitimate as a Brancusi.
Would Andy Warhol have made his Brillo boxes?
These slow-moving efforts gained him a certain notoriety that paralleled the pioneering Pop sculptures of Brillo boxes and soup cans.
The simulated Brillo boxes are here.
The paintings are supplemented by a group of his Brillo boxes from the Norton Simon Museum in California.
Even the Brillo boxes, neatly laid out on the floor, take on a funerary cast; they are like a plot of look-alike sepulchers.
The many images of Andy Warhol include the well-known one with his Brillo boxes at the Stable Gallery in 1964.
The window shades weren't like the Brillo boxes or Campbell Soup cans.