bracelet

Object NameBracelet

Maker Jan Matthesius (b. 1950)

Made FromLead and non-lead glasses

Date1986

Place MadeNetherlands

Techniquelaminated glasses, anodised aluminum and titanium

SizeOverall H: 9.8 cm, W: 9.2 cm, Diam: 4.7 cm

Accession Number92.3.7

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Stilstaan bij beweging

Art Fair

The Hague, Gallerie Rob van den Doel, 1986

Title Unknown (Stipendia, Amsterdam)

Title Unknown (Galerie Neon)

Schmuck Europa

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless and transparent red lead and non-lead glasses; matte black, silver-gray, and golden metals; three pieces of glass ground, polished, adhered together (Loctite Glassbonder 350), fabricated metal parts lathe-turned and anodised. Assymetrical bracelet formed of large "C" curved silver-colored aluminum band with flattened sides, beveled ends fastened with pins to smaller black "C" curved metal band (this curve can be rotated on pins); centered and floating on two pins within smaller curve is rotatable unit consisting of circle of titanium (anodized gold) framing red glass disc faced at right angles with opposing laminated solid colorless glass cones; inscribed on center interior of large metal "C": "M/M 86".
Provenance

Source Marijke C. Zwinkels - 1992-01-26