Cup

Datelate 1960s

Maker Erik Gronborg born Copenhagen, Denmark 1931

Label TextErik Gronborg’s slumped, impractically shaped mugs and vessels irreverently challenge notions of acceptable imagery in “high” and “low” art. While the female nude is a storied, recurring theme in Western art history, its appearance on a functional drinking vessel is a jarring and unexpected surprise.

Object number2000.185

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

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

Credit LineGift of Anne Gerber

Dimensions8 3/8 in. (21.27 cm) Diam.: 5 3/4 in.

MediumStoneware with lead glaze and luster