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Merrily Tompkins
'Here Comes Trouble' Brooch1973

Not on view
Wall-mounted ceramic relief sculpture of a vintage truck's front end, painted in rusty brown and silver-gray, with round headlights and a license plate reading 'U79898 TRUCK WN'
Metal sculpture in the form of a vintage automobile seen from above, constructed from hammered copper and mixed metals with rounded fenders, circular headlights, a silver handle across the hood, and an open rear compartment lined with bright orange material.
Artist or Maker
Merrily Tompkins
United States, Washington, 1947-2018
Title
'Here Comes Trouble' Brooch
Date Made
1973
Medium
Copper, silver, enamel, plastic eyes, photographs, polymethyl methacrylate, sawdust
Dimensions
2 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in. (6.99 × 8.26 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.69
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
© Merrily Tompkins