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Elizabeth Garrison
'Under the Fish' Brooch1982

Not on view
Mixed-media brooch with an enameled green fish balanced on a metal bar over a brick pyramid, with a silver winged figure and a cog-framed amber disc
Close-up of the reverse side of a silver metal brooch, showing a scratched, oxidized surface with an engraved cursive signature and date reading "Elizabeth Garrison 1922," with a small metal clasp visible at bottom.

Elizabeth Garrison, 'Under the Fish' Brooch, 1982, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Elizabeth Garrison
United States, born 1952
Title
'Under the Fish' Brooch
Date Made
1982
Medium
Silver, brass, enamel, found object, agate, bone
Dimensions
2 × 3 × 3/8 in. (5.08 × 7.62 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.1
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
© Elizabeth Garrison