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Juhani Heikkila
'Homo Communicans' Brooch1997

Not on view
Small patinated bronze figure of a nude male torso, wall-mounted, right arm extended to hold a wooden rod inscribed 'homo communicans' with a T-bar at its end
Artist or Maker
Juhani Heikkila
Finland, Lahti, born 1956
Title
'Homo Communicans' Brooch
Date Made
1997
Medium
Brass, rosewood, ebony
Dimensions
4 1/8 × 3 3/8 × 5/8 in. (10.48 × 8.57 × 1.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.11
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
© Juhani Heikkilä