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Pierre Cavalan
'Semaphore Necklace #1'1997

Not on view
Collar-style necklace with a wide silver-toned crescent framework densely packed with found objects, enamel badges, colored shapes, and mixed materials in red, orange, blue, green, and gold
Close-up of a polished silver metal object with an embossed rectangular tag stamped "1997" and smaller text below, attached to a twisted orange and black striped element via a small silver ring.
Artist or Maker
Pierre Cavalan
France, born 1954
Title
'Semaphore Necklace #1'
Place Made
Australia, Glebe
Date Made
1997
Medium
Copper alloy, found objects
Dimensions
8 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 1/2 in. (21.59 × 23.5 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.40
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
© Pierre Cavalan