Created and Sold by Robert Mars
American Classic Neon - Mixed Media
Featured In The Coca Cola HQ Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Price $24,000
48" x 48" x 3" Mixed medium on wood panel with UV epoxy resin and neon tubing. This was one of several pieces acquired by Coca-Cola in 2015 for the 100 year celebration of the bottle shape. This collection toured the world that year.
11/15/2015 One hundred years ago today the Coca-Cola Contour bottle began its journey around the world. Like all longstanding ideas, it seems so simple – but 100 years of effort has gone into creating and maintaining the seemingly effortless chic of the Coca-Cola Contour bottle.
The Coca-Cola bottle has gained iconic status as a muse to artists, musicians, designers and writers for 100 years, from Andy Warhol to Ray Charles, Marc Jacobs to Clive Barker. Part of the bottle’s 100th birthday celebrations include a collection from master stationers Moleskine, inspired by the bottle and iconic Coke Red.
Throughout history, the Coca-Cola bottle has been dubbed the “hobbleskirt bottle,” named for the popular fashion trend during the 1920s, and the “Mae West” bottle - after the actress’s famous curves. The first reference to the bottle as a “contour” occurred in a 1925 French magazine that described the Coca-Cola bottle with a distinctive contour shape. To the general public, the shape is just “the Coke bottle.”
11/15/2015 One hundred years ago today the Coca-Cola Contour bottle began its journey around the world. Like all longstanding ideas, it seems so simple – but 100 years of effort has gone into creating and maintaining the seemingly effortless chic of the Coca-Cola Contour bottle.
The Coca-Cola bottle has gained iconic status as a muse to artists, musicians, designers and writers for 100 years, from Andy Warhol to Ray Charles, Marc Jacobs to Clive Barker. Part of the bottle’s 100th birthday celebrations include a collection from master stationers Moleskine, inspired by the bottle and iconic Coke Red.
Throughout history, the Coca-Cola bottle has been dubbed the “hobbleskirt bottle,” named for the popular fashion trend during the 1920s, and the “Mae West” bottle - after the actress’s famous curves. The first reference to the bottle as a “contour” occurred in a 1925 French magazine that described the Coca-Cola bottle with a distinctive contour shape. To the general public, the shape is just “the Coke bottle.”
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