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Manfred Bischoff
'Physikalisches Modellbild' Brooch1987

Not on view
Small mixed-media sculpture with two upward-reaching arms — one mottled silver and black with a cross-shaped top, one smooth coral pink holding a gold star — rising from a jagged black base
Close-up photograph of a dark metal component in a lightning bolt shape, with scratched inscriptions and the number 87, attached to a worn white-painted handle held by a hand visible at top.
Artist or Maker
Manfred Bischoff
Germany, born 1947-2015
Title
'Physikalisches Modellbild' Brooch
Date Made
1987
Medium
Silver with gilding, coral
Dimensions
3 1/16 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7.78 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.19
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.