"Spot" Beer Glass

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Object Name: 
"Spot" Beer Glass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany, Bremen
Accession Number: 
2002.3.55
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max): 8.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1995
Credit Line: 
Gift of Brandler Galleries
Web Description: 
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.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Brandler, John, Source
2002
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
machine made, enameled
machine-made
Inscription: 
damien hirst
Label
: 
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
Trademark
: 
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

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; machine-made, enamel decal. Pilsner-shape glass with a design consisting of a white rectangle with rows of multi-colored dots.