Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans - Sold Individually one of a kind textile which is pure shiny black

which is pure shiny black

- decorated with green

I found it at the estate sale of an artist and gallerist on Newbury Street in Boston

I love that it has this history

Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans - Sold Individually one of a kind textile which is pure shiny blackHere's a second batch of Ballantine cans, as I quickly sold out the first! I bought these cans in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960, and a series of works on paper based on them. As the story goes, Bill de Kooning told Johns "you could give that son of a bitch two beer cans and he could sell them," referring to Leo Castelli, to which Johns responded, "what a wonderful idea for a