Artist
Victor Spinski (American, born Poland, 1940–2013)American, born Poland, 1940–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Misdirected Forward Pass
Date1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumWhite clay
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 10 × 10 1/2 in. (25.4 × 25.4 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.2141
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Super Bowls," Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, January 1996
"2000 Ceramic Annual," Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California, January 22 - March 5, 2000
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on the base of the cup, in black marker: "V. SPINSKI / 1995"
In black, on the football, on either side of the laces: "Wilson ® / NFL" and "Wilson ®"
Incuse on the football, on either side of the airhole: "MADE / IN USA / F 1445" (?) and "INFLATE / 13 LBS / B5" (?)
Raised, on the bottom of the cup: "DART (in an oval) ®" "6 (in a recycling triangle) / P5" "L8" "017" "14FJ12"
Incuse, on the lid of the cup: "HK" (conjoined) "BCS" "HANDI-KUP" and possibly more text around the perimeter that is too faint to read
Incuse on the football, on either side of the airhole: "MADE / IN USA / F 1445" (?) and "INFLATE / 13 LBS / B5" (?)
Raised, on the bottom of the cup: "DART (in an oval) ®" "6 (in a recycling triangle) / P5" "L8" "017" "14FJ12"
Incuse, on the lid of the cup: "HK" (conjoined) "BCS" "HANDI-KUP" and possibly more text around the perimeter that is too faint to read
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