Art Smith (American, born Cuba, 1917–1982). <em>Cluster Knuckles Ring</em>, ca. 1968. Silver alloy, rhodochrosite, jade (?), turquoise (?), zoisite (?), 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles L. Russell, 2007.61.17. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.61.17_PS2.jpg)

Art Smith (American, born Cuba, 1917–1982). Cluster Knuckles Ring, ca. 1968. Silver alloy, rhodochrosite, jade (?), turquoise (?), zoisite (?), 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles L. Russell, 2007.61.17. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.61.17_PS2.jpg)

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Cluster Knuckles Ring

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Decorative Art, 4th Floor

MAKER Art Smith, American, born Cuba, 1917–1982

MEDIUM Silver alloy, rhodochrosite, jade (?), turquoise (?), zoisite (?)

Place Made: New York, New York, United States

DATES ca. 1968

DIMENSIONS 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Impressed on back: "Art Smith"

INSCRIPTIONS "49" written in ink on verso.

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 2007.61.17

CREDIT LINE Gift of Charles L. Russell

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A large ring of pink, turquoise, green-and-purple-mottled and orange, oval-shaped, semi-precious cabouchon stones that spans three fingers. The stones are framed in silver and affixed to wires that are soldered together to form two openings for fingers, between the smaller orange and larger purple-green stones and the smaller turquoise and larger pink stones.

EXHIBITIONS

From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Decorative Art, 4th Floor

CAPTION Art Smith (American, born Cuba, 1917–1982). Cluster Knuckles Ring, ca. 1968. Silver alloy, rhodochrosite, jade (?), turquoise (?), zoisite (?), 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles L. Russell, 2007.61.17. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.61.17_PS2.jpg)

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