Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Date
- 1995
- Location
- Dimensions
- 19 x 10 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (48.3 x 26.7 x 24.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
- Mediums Description
- porcelain, glaze, lusters, and slip
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Object — other — dish
- Object — other — luggage
- Object Number
- 1996.38
Artwork Description
Untitled is one in a series of nonfunctional teapots Paul Dresang has created over the last decade. The teapots are sensual and provocative, covered in flesh-colored glaze and couched in unzipped "leather" bags. He uses the intense realism of trompe l'oeil to create the illusion that the bag is actual leather. Dresang used a recognizable form such as the teapot to encourage viewers to form their own ideas about the meaning of the piece.