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Claus Bury
'Metallzeichnung' Brooch1977

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Horizontal decorative tray with lobed ends, surface divided into diagonal-striped olive and gold border, pale silver inner frame with gold X, and dark central panel with abstract inlaid marks
Elongated ceramic tray with irregular biomorphic form and brass rim, featuring a textured surface of diagonal ridges in brown and gray tones surrounding a central rectangular panel with mixed metallic glazes in gold, gray, and earth tones, with a brass key-shaped element mounted across the center.
Artist or Maker
Claus Bury
Germany, Glenhausen, born 1946
Title
'Metallzeichnung' Brooch
Date Made
1977
Medium
Gold, silver, copper alloy
Dimensions
2 × 4 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.08 × 10.8 × 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.39
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.