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Klaus Arck
Brooch1986

Not on view
Small horizontal sculpture of an arched ribbed framework in honey-toned wood or bone connected by fine silver wire mesh, viewed from slightly above
Close-up detail of a textile or fiber sample mounted between wooden boards, with a thick layer of coarse gray-green fibers or rope visible; handwritten label reads "B612-60" and "U-Ant 8m" in black ink on the wooden edge.

Klaus Arck, Brooch, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Klaus Arck
Germany, born 1956
Title
Brooch
Date Made
1986
Medium
Painted balsa, plastic filament, felt, stainless steel
Dimensions
1 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (3.18 × 17.15 × 2.86 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.3
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.

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