- Artist or Maker
- Arline Fisch
United States, active United States, California, San Diego, 1931-2024 - Title
- Peacock Tail Necklace
- Date Made
- 1962
- Medium
- Silver, enamel
- Dimensions
- 9 x 7 1/2 in. (22.86 x 19.05 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.39
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
An early example of the work of San Diego jeweler Arline Fisch, this necklace transforms an Art Nouveau–inspired peacock tail motif into a distinctly modern, abstract design. In the 1950s Fisch traveled to Europe, where she studied several historical jewelry collections and learned fabrication techniques. The necklace demonstrates how she modified historic forms to suit contemporary taste.
(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
- Selected Bibliography
- Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
- Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
- 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". 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". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
- Copyright
- © Arline Fisch
