Cute Kal

1989

American, 1930-1989

Howard Kottler’s playful subversion of high and low art often took the form of oversized, high-gloss, handmade reproductions of the mundane and humorous tchotchkes he collected, as in this larger-than-life dog-topped ashtray.

Ceramic

24 1/2 x 33 x 24 1/2 in. (62.23 x 83.82 x 62.23 cm)

Gift of the Howard Kottler Testamentary Trust

91.73

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture, June 21 - September 2, 2024.

Published ReferencesFailing, Patricia. Howard Kottler: Face to Face. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1995, p. 120, illus.

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