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Collections

William Spratling
Box with Monkey Motif (Caja con motivo de mono)1956-1962

Not on view
Small rectangular wooden box with dark espresso grain, inlaid with cream geometric shapes, topped by a polished silver stylized figure with a curling scroll above its head
Close-up photograph of a small circular silver maker's mark or hallmark affixed to a dark wood surface with visible grain, bearing a central face motif surrounded by stamped text along the border.
Artist or Maker
William Spratling
United States, active Mexico, 1900-1967
Title
Box with Monkey Motif (Caja con motivo de mono)
Date Made
1956-1962
Medium
Rosewood, silver
Dimensions
a) 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (6.99 × 6.99 × 6.03 cm) b) 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (9.53 × 6.99 × 6.03 cm) a-b) 6 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (16.19 × 6.99 × 6.03 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California
Accession Number
M.2015.190.1a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.