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Ramón Puig Cuyàs
'Invenit Thesaurum' Brooch2008

Not on view
Mixed-media relief sculpture with metal frame enclosing a black panel, layered with a photographic clenched fist, a porous yellow dome, flat gray blade shapes, silver spheres, and metal rods
Close-up of a dark metal plate with scratched white lettering reading "INVENIT THESAURUM" and "No. 1238 / 2008," with two metal hardware fittings attached to the surface.
Artist or Maker
Ramón Puig Cuyàs
Spain, born 1953
Title
'Invenit Thesaurum' Brooch
Date Made
2008
Medium
Silver, copper alloy (nickel silver), pearl, marble, bone, paper with epoxy resin
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 3 × 3/4 in. (5.72 × 7.62 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.19
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.