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"Spot" Beer Glass

"Spot" Beer Glass

 
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Object Name: 
"Spot" Beer Glass
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Hirst, Damien ((b. 1965)), Maker
Brauerei Beck & Co., Maker
Place Made: 
Germany, Bremen
Date: 
1995
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
machine made, enameled
AAT
machine-made
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max): 8.1 cm
Accession Number: 
2002.3.55
Credit Line: 
Gift of Brandler Galleries
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless glass; machine-made, enamel decal. Pilsner-shape glass with a design consisting of a white rectangle with rows of multi-colored dots.
Label Text
The “spot” painting is immediately recognizable as the work of art superstar Damien Hirst. Since 1985, the Beck’s brewing company has invited well-known and emerging contemporary artists to design labels for limited editions of bottled beer and giveaway beer glasses. Such celebrity artist labels reflect recent trends in corporate branding that take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between contemporary art and popular culture.
Inscription
damien hirst Label Approx. 2 in. below rim on other side of glass White rectangle with multi-colored rows of dots/ "damien hirst"
REG. / [image] \ TM. / BECK'S Enameled decal Approx. 2 in. from top of rim on one side of glass "REG." then an image of a red shield with a key in the center "TM."/ BECK'S. The word "BECK'S" is in large white block letters
Provenance
Brandler, John (Brandler Galleries), Source to 2002

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