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Ken Cory
Brooch1968

Not on view
Small, heavily corroded metal cube with a recessed multi-hole port on one face and two hardware fittings — one ceramic disc, one clear oval glass or resin piece — on an adjacent face
Reverse of a mixed-media brooch: aged brass rectangular form with patchy rust and verdigris, two recessed bolt fittings, a silver pin bar, a white curved element extending below, and stamped text reading "KEN CORY."
Artist or Maker
Ken Cory
United States, Washington, Ellensburg 1943-1994
Title
Brooch
Date Made
1968
Medium
Cast bronze, Plexiglas, found object
Dimensions
1 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 in. (4.45 × 3.81 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Beverly Cory
Accession Number
M.2015.23.5
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
© Beverly Cory for the Estate of Ken Cory

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