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Robert Ebendorf
Necklacedesigned 1984, made 1984–85

Not on view
Necklace laid flat in an oval form, composed of large spherical beads covered in Chinese or Japanese newsprint text, with two metallic gold-leaf crackle beads at the bottom center, separated by small black disc spacers
Close-up detail of a dark metal disc with a raised oval silver maker's mark in cursive script reading 'R. Ebendorf,' resting on a surface printed with Chinese characters.
Artist or Maker
Robert Ebendorf
United States, born 1938
Title
Necklace
Date Made
designed 1984, made 1984–85
Medium
Chinese newspaper on styrofoam, gold foil, acrylic lacquer, copper, plastic
Dimensions
12 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 2 in. (31.75 × 24.13 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.74
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.