brooch

Object NameBrooch

Maker Robert W. Ebendorf (b. 1938)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1990

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecut out plastic backing, glass fragments adhered

SizeL: 10 cm, W: 4.9 cm, Th: 4.2 cm

Accession Number91.4.16

Credit LineGift of Ron Longsdorf

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Body Art

Title Unknown (Kurland/Summers Gallery)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque black plastic backing, opaque white adherent, natural tint of transparent non-lead glass, green beach pebbles (glass); cut out plastic backing, Form Core sub-structure, sheet glass fragments adhered individually. Raised ovoid shape, with slightly irregular edge backed with flat cut-out of black plastic; shaped plastic sub-structure tapering to pointed ends, entire surface of sub-structure covered with mosaic of broken colorless glass set in white adherent, central cross pattern of green beach pebbles; two brass pins with caps on backing; inscribed in block letters on back: "R. Ebendorf 1990".
Provenance

Source Ron Longsdorf - 1991-03-12

Source Robert W. Ebendorf (b. 1938) - 1991-03-12