Drawing, Drop Earring, Pin, Earrings, and Cuff Links Bar
Elsa Freund
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Graphite, ink and colored pigment on board
DATES
1960â1965
DIMENSIONS
4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in. (10.5 x 24.9 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed by the artist lower right
INSCRIPTIONS
"DROP EARRING/2 STONES/FRONT +/BACK/PIN/EARRINGS/(SILVER)/CUFF LINKS/BAR/SILVER WIRE/SHAFT"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.277.3a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the artist
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Recto: five small sketches (clockwise from top left); "Drop Earring" square-shaped bent wire supporting two rectangular beads (front and back) in the center; "Pin" a centered horizontal rectangular bead with a circular bead above and a rounded rectangular bead placed vertically below forming an abstract cluster held together with a circular bent wire frame; "Earrings"same as previous in smaller scale with two small circles sketched above; "silver wire" three vertical parallel lines depicting wire shafts; and "Cuff links bar" parallel vertical lines bisected by a horizontal line
Verso: a large cluster of square and rectangular shapes in various sizes connected by wire elements forming an abstract mass in a rectangular arrangement
MUSEUM LOCATION
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