Ashtray

Designer Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961)

Manufacturer Bernardaud (Limoges, France, 1863 - present)

Date1999

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (3.81 × 19.05 × 16.51 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marc and Elizabeth Wilson

Object number2000.26

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

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DescriptionThe ashtray has a white ground over which is depicted in brown, the image of a man, standing with his back turned to the viewer. At the lower edge of the image, near the man's feet, crushed cigarette butts, represented at actual size are also present. Around the rim of the ashtray is a border painted in silver metallic. The ashtray has two recessed areas in this border to hold cigarettes, one at the "top" edge, and another at the "bottom" edge.

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