- Artist or Maker
- Margaret De Patta
United States, California, San Francisco and Napa, 1903-1964 - Title
- Pin, No.6
- Date Made
- circa 1946-1957
- Medium
- Silver, quartz
- Dimensions
- 2 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 in. (5.08 x 8.89 x 1.27 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.8
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
A leader among Bay Area jewelers, Margaret De Patta explored structure and materials in her work, creating kinetic forms with contrasting textures and incorporating less expensive materials, including found objects. Philosophically committed to making jewelry for all price points, she designed a line of pieces, including this biomorphic pin with a quartz crystal, that could be economically produced and sold in museum and specialty stores. Even so, one-of-a-kind handmade pieces remained her focus.
(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
- Selected Bibliography
- Belasco, Daniel. Women Artists in Midcentury America: A History in Ten Exhibitions. Chicago: Reaktion Books, 2024.
- Selected Exhibition History
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
