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Merry Renk
'Green Fire' Ring1974

Not on view
Gold cocktail ring with a large rough rutilated quartz stone, organic sculptural band with engraved texture, and a small perching bird figure set with a green stone
Gold ring with a large irregular translucent smoky quartz stone set in a yellow gold mount sculpted as budding tulip stems with textured, naturalistic detail.
Artist or Maker
Merry Renk
American, 1921 - 2012
Title
'Green Fire' Ring
Date Made
1974
Medium
Gold, rutilated quartz, tourmaline
Dimensions
1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.18 × 3.18 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.29
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
© Merry Renk