Figure Pin #147 (Wingnut and Errant Dandelion) Brooch With Holder

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1997	Work on this object began.
1998	We acquired this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Figure Pin #147 (Wingnut and Errant Dandelion) Brooch With Holder

This is a Brooch with holder. It was created by Bruce Metcalf. It is dated 1997 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is maple, electroformed copper, brass, silver, carved plexiglas, delrin, gold leaf. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper- Hewitt Funds.

Photo of a brooch in the shape of a slim human, gender somewhat uncleat. There are no breasts, which would suggest it being male but there are no male genitals either. It is composed of smoothly polished blond wood. The figure's right hip is distended and the feet somewhat overlap at the ankles, The bottom of the body is angled to the viwer's left. The figure has no arms and there appear to be many long headless screws attached to a scaffolding behind the figure from the neck to the knees. Two of the screws are around the its waist, as a sort of belt. Small twigs of coral have been secured behind the neck and upper body and several coral pebbles are 'caught' in the screws. The figure's head and upper body are proportionately larger than the lower half. The head is topped with shiny metal in the shape of a convex pot lid. There are two rims at the edge of the hat and a very small rounded piece on its top.The background of the photo is slate grey.

Hot Bed Brooch And Case
silver, carved wood fragment, coral (brooch); handmade paper (box).
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-72-a,b

This necklace is made up of eight distinct pieces, each of a different color. All of the pieces are amorphous in shape except for the one on the bottom, which is pale green and made to look like a cluster of three leaves. Five of the designs are of unidentifiable media. Of the remaining three, one is wood, one is metal and one is a dark brown carved nut or seed. The pearls attached to the end of each piece separate the elements and hold the necklace together.

Fulfillment Necklace
carved and painted maple, gold-plated brass; painted wood, plexiglass (case).
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-71-a,b

Its dimensions are

a: 12 x 9.5 x 2.3 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.) b: 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.) c: 24 x 24 x 6 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Figure Pin #147 (Wingnut and Errant Dandelion) Brooch With Holder; Bruce Metcalf (American, b. 1949); USA; maple, electroformed copper, brass, silver, carved plexiglas, delrin, gold leaf; a: 12 x 9.5 x 2.3 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.) b: 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.) c: 24 x 24 x 6 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper- Hewitt Funds; 1998-14-1-a/c

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DEzv/
Accession Number 1998-14-1-a/c
Object ID 18665415