Tetra

Object NameBracelet

Maker Jan Matthesius (b. 1950)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1986

Place MadeNetherlands

Techniquelaminated glasses with dichroic coating, titanium

SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, W: 7.6 cm, L: 8.5 cm

Accession Number92.3.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Stilstaan bij beweging

Schmuck Europa

Title Unknown (Stipendia, Amsterdam)

Art Fair

The Hague, Gallerie Rob van den Doel, 1986

Title Unknown (Galerie Neon)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with dichroic coating; matte silver-gray metal; each prism formed of two parts vacuum-coated with thirteen layers dichroic materials then laminated together (Loctite Glassbonder 350), ground and polished; anodised and fabricated metal framework held together with screws. Rectangular bracelet consisting of framework (double rows of tubes) that can shift on four corner "post" pins; each of the four sides holds a four-sided dichroic prism locked into the framework within an off-center frame formed by two pins placed at right angles to frame, near a corner post; corner pins fabricated in four sections to allow movement of framework from rectangular shape to parallelagram; one corner post held together by a screw that when removed allows length of bracelet to unfold; inscribed on center interior of corner post with removable pin: "M/M 86".
Provenance

Source Marijke C. Zwinkels - 1992-01-20