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Collections

Helen Shirk
'Pendant with Phantom Quartz'1974

Not on view
Silver-toned metal necklace with an open looping collar and a geometric pendant of parallel bars cradling a blush-pink rectangular element
Close-up of a sterling silver cuff bracelet's inner surface, showing engraved maker's mark, a rectangular "STERLING" stamp, and the date 1974.

Helen Shirk, 'Pendant with Phantom Quartz', 1974, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Helen Shirk
United States, New York, Buffalo, born 1942, active San Diego
Title
'Pendant with Phantom Quartz'
Date Made
1974
Medium
Silver, phantom quartz
Dimensions
14 1/4 × 9 × 1 in. (36.2 × 22.86 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.33
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, and Monica Obniski. Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.
Copyright
© Helen Shirk