Playboy Bunny
- Date
- 1970
- made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 66 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 17 in. (169.5 x 54.6 x 43.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Leila and Monroe R. Meyerson
- Rights
- © Estate of Duane Hanson / Licensed by ARS, New York, NY
- Object Number
- 211:1986a-e
NOTES
Duane Hanson cast this sculpture from a live model to achieve an unsettling and realistic effect. Hanson often depicted working Americans and here chose the Playboy Bunny as his subject. The woman wears a nametag on her hip, but she is most prominently identified by the well-known markers of the waitresses who serve at Playboy Clubs: the iconic silk bunny ears, dainty bow tie, and bustier. This lifelike depiction of a Playboy Bunny reveals how a woman’s body can be treated as an object and commodity in society.
Provenance
-1986
Leila (b. 1934) and Monroe R. Meyerson (1930-2008), New York, NY; Boca Raton, FL
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Leila and Monroe R. Meyerson [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 7, 1986.
Leila (b. 1934) and Monroe R. Meyerson (1930-2008), New York, NY; Boca Raton, FL
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Leila and Monroe R. Meyerson [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 7, 1986.
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