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Object NameEngraved Brooch

Maker Christian Schmidt

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1988

Place MadeFederal Republic of Germany

Techniqueengraved

SizeH: 5.1 cm, W: 5.6 cm, Th: 1.1 cm

Accession Number88.3.57

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Glasgalerie Herrmann)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent white non-lead glass cased in deep violet appearing black; engraved with diamond wheel. Rectangular piece of flashed glass roughly engraved and carved in varying degrees of relief depicting a "Puncinello" clown laying in a horizontal position on one arm, clown wears pointed cap, buttoned jacked and diamond patterned leggings; head (long nose and hair) turned in profile against a black and white sky with a black moon in upper right corner; black irregular frame with beveled edge; inscribed in lower right edge: "ChriSch 88".
Provenance

Source Galerie Herrmann - 1988-11-07