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Ramón Puig Cuyàs
'Fruere Album' Brooch2008

Not on view
Contemporary brooch in dark charcoal enamel with geometric line work, a raised white oval element, small silver beads, and a photographic hand motif, set in a gray metal frame
Reverse of a polished metal brooch or clasp, showing scratched inscriptions reading '1229,' '2008,' and 'FRUERE NBUM,' with a small rectangular maker's mark stamped in the center and a wire fitting at top.
Close-up of a small raised metal hallmark or maker's stamp reading 'PUG / CUAS' on a scratched metallic surface with chalk or engraved numerals '1229' and '2008' visible around it.
Artist or Maker
Ramón Puig Cuyàs
Spain, born 1953
Title
'Fruere Album' Brooch
Date Made
2008
Medium
Silver, copper alloy (nickel silver), enamel, pearls, onyx, paper with epoxy resin
Dimensions
2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.18
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.