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Bruce Metcalf
'Swimming Blind in a Sea of Moons' Brooch1986

Not on view
Wall-mounted mixed-media sculpture combining a blue wave-patterned panel with six brass wedge forms and a silver nude figure sliding along its surface
Close-up detail of a brooch reverse, showing a matte silver-toned metal backing with impressed signature script and the number "86," attached to blue-painted wood with brass rivets and a metal pin stem.
Artist or Maker
Bruce Metcalf
United States, Massachusetts, Amherst, born 1949
Title
'Swimming Blind in a Sea of Moons' Brooch
Date Made
1986
Medium
Silver with paint, brass, polyvinyl chloride, colored pencil on Mylar®
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 in. (8.89 × 11.75 × 1.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.71
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
© Bruce Metcalf