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Gijs Bakker
'The Cry' Brooch2010

Not on view
Gray metal relief sculpture of a distorted face with flowing topographic surface lines and an open mouth inlaid with small brilliant-cut stones
Reverse of a metal brooch in an irregular skull-like form, showing gray mokume-gane layered metalwork with flowing wood-grain patterns, a wire pin mechanism, stamped maker's marks, and a small silver heart-shaped element with a dotted texture at lower center.
Artist or Maker
Gijs Bakker
Netherlands, Amersfoort, born 1942
Title
'The Cry' Brooch
Place Made
The Netherlands
Date Made
2010
Medium
Silver, diamonds
Dimensions
3 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in. (9.84 × 6.35 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.9
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.