Ed Wiener (American, 1918–1991). The Dancer (Earrings), ca. 1947. Silver, a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan, 1995.192.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.192.2a-b_PS9.jpg)
Ed Wiener (American, 1918–1991). The Dancer (Earrings), ca. 1947. Silver, a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan, 1995.192.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.192.2a-b_mark_PS9.jpg)
The Dancer (Earrings)
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
The Dancer brooch and earrings were inspired by a photograph by Barbara Morgan of the dancer Martha Graham performing in Letters to the World in 1941. A free-flowing silhouette, the brooch was cut from a sheet of silver. Wiener said of this piece, “Even in doing literal translations, it was important to move into abstraction and evolve a secondary level of recognition.”
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1947
DIMENSIONS
a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
on reverse of each earing: ED WEINER/STERLING
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1995.192.2a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Ed Wiener (American, 1918–1991). The Dancer (Earrings), ca. 1947. Silver, a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan, 1995.192.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.192.2a-b_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1995.192.2a-b_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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