Honeybunch Kaminski
Statuettes
1971 - 1972 (made)
1971 - 1972 (made)
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The Honeybunch Kaminski is an original hand-painted plaster model, representing cartoonist Robert Crumb’s idealised fantasy of a young woman as fetishized object. This model and others like it could be purchased through the Oz magazine mail order service. The sculpture was made by Phelan, with models cast from the original mould in plaster of Paris and hand-painted by him.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Honeybunch Kaminski (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-painted plaster |
| Brief description | Hand-painted plaster mode of the cartoon character Honeybunch Kaminski created by Robert Crumb. Sculpted by Phelan |
| Physical description | Hand-painted plaster model. |
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| Summary | The Honeybunch Kaminski is an original hand-painted plaster model, representing cartoonist Robert Crumb’s idealised fantasy of a young woman as fetishized object. This model and others like it could be purchased through the Oz magazine mail order service. The sculpture was made by Phelan, with models cast from the original mould in plaster of Paris and hand-painted by him. |
| Associated object | THM/552 (Archive record) |
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| Accession number | S.625-2019 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2019 |
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