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Royal Copenhagen Piet Hein Gruk Platte – 1954

Royal Copenhagen Piet Hein Gruk Platte – 1954

Designer: Piet Hein
Brand: Royal Copenhagen
Material: Porcelain / underglaze decoration
Year of issue: 1954
Dimensions: 17 × 14 cm

NT$1,200
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Description

The Superellipse annual plate is a porcelain piece created through the collaboration between Danish poet and design thinker Piet Hein and Royal Copenhagen. It features a white porcelain body with cobalt blue underglaze decoration. The surface presents a simple line drawing with an allegorical scene, combined with one of Hein’s short poems (Grooks), forming a composition in which text and image coexist.

In April 1940, Piet Hein began publishing Grooks under the pseudonym Kumbel Kumbell in the “At tænke sig” (“Just imagine”) column of the Danish newspaper Politiken. Characterized by concise language and a philosophical distance rooted in everyday reflection, these texts were soon accompanied by light, illustrative drawings that establish a dialogue between figures, objects, and words. The series quickly gained popularity and was subsequently compiled into twenty volumes over the following years.

From 1941 onward, Royal Copenhagen translated these texts into ceramic form, producing a series of superelliptical white porcelain plates (approximately 17 × 14 cm). Each plate is decorated with a Grook and accompanying illustration, while the reverse bears the Royal Copenhagen mark, Piet Hein’s name, as well as the year of production and edition number.

Piet Hein (1905–1996) was a significant Danish interdisciplinary figure, active across poetry, mathematics, and design. His Grooks, disseminated in concise aphoristic form, appeared widely in publications and everyday objects. Through Royal Copenhagen’s production, these texts were transformed into functional and displayable ceramic objects. This piece combines decorative and literary qualities, suitable for wall hanging or display, and reflects the Danish design approach of integrating thought into everyday form.

Text: He that lets the small things bind him leaves the great undone behind him.
Item No.: OT325

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