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Sebastian Buescher
'Pregnant Tree Boy' Brooch2006

Not on view
Brooch made from a gnarled tree branch segment with a clear glass sphere enclosing a dried insect at one end and a soft gray fiber puff at the other
Artist or Maker
Sebastian Buescher
Germany, Cologne, born 1978
Title
'Pregnant Tree Boy' Brooch
Date Made
2006
Medium
Wood, glass, alcohol, black widow spiders, porcelain, pearl, cotton thread, silver
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (5.72 × 12.07 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.37a-b
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.
Copyright
© Sebastian Buescher