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Richard Hamilton
Carafe
1978
Glass opalex carafe with enamel paint in colours,
19.7 x 9 x 6.4 cm (7 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
incised signature and numbered 16/36 (there were also 4 artist's proofs), published by Galerie Cadaqués, Cadaqués, Spain.
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Mimicking the visual puns of Marcel Duchamp, Hamilton hijacks one of the most prominent French brands, Pernod Ricard liquer, and adds the letter 'H' to the name on the bottle. The carafes were then exhibited alongside his distinctive 'Richard' ashtrays and aluminium signs at the gallery of his friend Lanfranco Bombelli Tiravanti in Cadaqués, Spain.