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Thomas Herman
'Slate & Gold Leaf Brooch'1999

Not on view
Horizontal sculpture of a long, narrow, lens-shaped form in matte black with a continuous gold-leaf stripe along the top edge, arching slightly upward at center
Elongated oval dark stone object with a smooth, slightly worn surface, bearing a scratched handwritten inscription and the date '99' in the center.
Artist or Maker
Thomas Herman
United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota, born 1957
Title
'Slate & Gold Leaf Brooch'
Date Made
1999
Medium
Slate with gilding
Dimensions
7/8 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 in. (2.22 × 18.42 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.12
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.
  • DiNoto, Andrea. "Tom Herman: Classical Modernist." Metalsmith 37, no.3 (2017): 28-37.
Copyright
© Tom Herman