Object Details
Artist
Betty Spindler, born Long Beach, CA 1943
Luce Center Label
Hot Dog, typical of Betty Spindler’s food imagery, is presented without ketchup because that is the way the artist likes her own prepared. Before Spindler begins to sculpt her objects she cuts out a paper model, which helps her to keep the right proportions while working in clay. The end product results from shaping slabs of clay around crushed newspaper that roughly suggest the form.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Winfield Gallery
Date
2000
Object number
2000.79
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Medium
glazed clay
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (9.4 x 34.0 x 14.1 cm)
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Department
Renwick Gallery
On View
Renwick Gallery, 1st Floor, Room 102
Renwick Gallery, 1st Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Object\foodstuff\sandwich
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2000.79