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Object Timeline

1987	Work on this object began.
1990	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2019	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Brooch (Japan)

This is a brooch. It was designed by Sinya Okayama and Alessandro Mendini. It is dated 1987 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is stainless steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Gallery 91, New York.

A horizontally oriented, rectangular brooch made of various metal pieces. Each metal piece is layered, placed behind or in front of another piece. In between layers, there are thin wire-like metal pieces sticking out, similar looking to exposed circuits.

Brooch
cut, polished, assembled and cold-connected stainless steel sheets and steel....
Promised gift to the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian....
7067.118.2016

Red, rectangular piece of stainless steel cut from an E-class 210 Mercedes Benz with a slightly wavy contour and glossy surface; the reverse with unpainted metal closures is barely visible.

The Droog Collection Mercedes Benz Brooches Series Brooch
fragment cut from painted steel body of a mercedes benz.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-77

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.2 x 4 x 2cm (2 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (Japan); Designed by Sinya Okayama (Japanese, born 1941), Alessandro Mendini (Italian, 1931 - 2019); stainless steel; H x W x D: 7.2 x 4 x 2cm (2 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16in.); Gift of Gallery 91, New York; 1990-17-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dvm8/
Accession Number 1990-17-1
Object ID 18634363