Drawing, Drop Earring, Pin, Earrings, and Cuff Links Bar

Artist:Elsa Freund

Medium: Graphite, ink and colored pigment on board

Dates:1960–1965

Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in. (10.5 x 24.9 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 1992.277.3a-b

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

Brooklyn Museum