Helena Rubinstein Necklace (Gargantilla de Helena Rubinstein)

Modern Mexican and Peruvian Silver
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Helena Rubinstein Necklace (Gargantilla de Helena Rubinstein)

Mexico, circa 1940
Jewelry and Adornments; necklaces
Silver
Pectoral: 7 × 9 in. (17.78 × 22.86 cm) Chain length: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Gift of Goddard Family in Memory of Phyllis Goddard (M.2012.189.1)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Label

The sunrays of this pectoral necklace are borrowed from a colonial silver halo of a sculpted image of the Virgin....
The sunrays of this pectoral necklace are borrowed from a colonial silver halo of a sculpted image of the Virgin. William Spratling designed the necklace for the famous Polish-American business magnate Helena Rubinstein.
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Bibliography

  • Klein, Mason. Helena Rubinstein: Beauty is Power. New York: Jewish Museum, 2014.
  • Craft in America: Borders & Neighbors. DVD. PBS, 2017.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.