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Emiko Oye
'Maharajah’s 6th' Necklace2008

Not on view
Sculpture assembled from plastic construction toy bricks and figures in chartreuse green, black, and white, arranged in a large circular ring with a central mechanical figure at the bottom
Close-up detail photograph of a black sculptural surface with circular perforations along the top edge and an incised inscription reading 'eb 2007 1-06' along a recessed horizontal band.
Artist or Maker
Emiko Oye
United States, Ohio, Cleveland, active United States, California, San Francisco, born 1974
Title
'Maharajah’s 6th' Necklace
Date Made
2008
Medium
LEGO® bricks, rubber cord, silver
Dimensions
22 3/4 × 15 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (57.79 × 39.05 × 6.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.2
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.
  • Gifford, Barbara Paris. "Exhibition Review: Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection." Journal of Modern Craft 10, no.2 (2017): 217-222.
Copyright
© Emiko Oye

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