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Stanley Lechtzin
'Brooch #70 C'1970

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Gold brooch in the form of a textured branch with bark-like surface, a spiral coil clasp at one end, a smooth arcing pin wire, and a central cluster of mauve-gray stones
Gold brooch in the form of a coiling dragon or serpentine creature, with a textured, finely detailed body curving into a spiral; a thin wire arc extends from the head toward a clasp mechanism at the opposite end.
Close-up of a gold-vermeil sterling silver object with heavily textured, granular surface. A circular maker's mark reads "STERLING / LECHTZIN" beneath a geometric star-in-square stamp.
Artist or Maker
Stanley Lechtzin
United States, born 1936
Title
'Brooch #70 C'
Date Made
1970
Medium
Gilded silver, hessonite grossular garnet
Dimensions
2 × 6 1/2 × 3/4 in. (5.08 × 16.51 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.44
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
© Stanley Lechtzin

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