Hot Dog

Betty Spindler, Hot Dog, 2000, glazed clay, 3 3⁄4 x 13 3⁄8 x 5 1⁄2 in. (9.4 x 34.0 x 14.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Winfield Gallery, 2000.79

Artwork Details

Title
Hot Dog
Artist
Date
2000
Location
Dimensions
3 3⁄4 x 13 3⁄8 x 5 1⁄2 in. (9.4 x 34.0 x 14.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Winfield Gallery
Mediums
Mediums Description
glazed clay
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — foodstuff — sandwich
Object Number
2000.79
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.79

Artwork Description

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.

Works by this artist (4 items)

S. Seymour Thomas, Little Paulus, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Haskell, 1958.11.2
Little Paulus
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
On view
Henry Wolf, S. Seymour Thomas, A Portrait (Lady and Dog), 1905, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.212
A Portrait (Lady and Dog)
Artist
Date1905
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, S. Seymour Thomas, Mrs. O'Connor, 1904, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.210
Mrs. O’Connor
Artist
Date1904
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view
S. Seymour Thomas, Watching, 1896, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Haskell, 1958.11.4
Watching
Artist
Date1896
oil on canvas
Not on view

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