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A stack of five individual cups exhibited as a group.

12”H x 6.25”W x 6.25”D

TOP TO BOTTOM:

top cup: Peanut characters heads with hats 2001 71/ 200

saucer: yellow with red writing “Chex party mix”

liquid level: “Toasting years of memories/ celebrate time together

Pre-printed steel from recycled “tin containers”, brass handle, gold rivets, concealed magnet

cup: Van Gogh painting of people and boat in browns, golds, and greens 2001 47/ 200

saucer: Van Gogh painting of people and boat in browns, golds, and greens

liquid level: “Try not to listen to your doubts”

Pre-printed steel from recycled “tin containers”, brass handle, gold rivets, concealed magnet


cup:
Fun Tin in yellow with balloons, black and white check bottom 2001 45/ 200

saucer: Hershey’s’s Fun Tin in black with pink letters

liquid level: “The Magic of art changes the ordinary into absolutely divine”

Pre-printed steel from recycled “tin containers”, silver handle, gold rivets, concealed magnet

cup: Cherubs looking like Michelangelo, angel, and sky with writing 2001 44/ 200

saucer: Cherubs looking like Michelangelo, starring into the sky

liquid level: “Wonder what is in the food”

Pre-printed steel from recycled “tin containers”, brass handle, gold rivets, concealed magnet

bottom cup: Wizard of Oz cookies with yellow brick road pattern on blue 2001 58/ 200

saucer: Wizard of Oz characters

liquid level: “Another option is always available”

Pre-printed steel from recycled “tin containers”, brass handle, gold rivets, concealed magnet

This is one stack of five cups from a variant edition of 200 teacups (2000-2004.) Each cup constructed from pre-printed steel from recycled tin containers, sterling silver and brass handles, 10k gold and brass rivets. 

2.5" height of a cup and saucer
5" diameter of a saucer
12" height for a stack of five cups

Available for purchase or exhibition.

Photography by Philip Cohen

© Harriete Estel Berman, 2021