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Object Timeline

1970	Work on this object began.
1993	We acquired this object. Work on this object ended.
2007	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Brooch (USA)

This is a brooch. It was created by Ruth Patsy Kline. It is dated 20th century and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is resin, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Armand G. and Barbara L. Winfield Archive. It is credited Gift of Armand G. & Barbara L. Winfield Archive.

A light amber-colored resin cuff bracelet with an irregular fragmented surface that is thick and wide. The light reflects off the angles of material resembling rough crystals.

Bracelet
polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-84

A vertically placed form with low relief in clear, tints of opaque green and opaque saturated blue resin. Two arms are merged together at their inner edge between the shoulder and elbow that creates the top section of a heart, at the top. The form then separates at the elbow and the hands reconnect at the bottom to a roundish form with embossed MC letters with a splotch of green resin. Below there is a small circular area of negative space to accomodate a protruding notch from the top of the object that rests on a green spade to function as a closure if one were to wear this as a bracelet. Larger areas of negative space abound between the forearms creating an elongated diamond space as you would find on a playing card. And two smaller areas of negative space are revealed in the hands. Clear, small areas of translucent yellow, opaque areas of black and opaque green resin swish and flood each other to make a flowing design in both upper arms and the right arm between the elbow and the hand. Saturated opaque blue resin imbeds the left forearm.

One Man Show at Material Connection Invitation/Bracelet
poured and imprinted colored polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-85

A horizontal curving form with low relief in blue, yellow and red resin with the block letters C-O-L-U / M-B-I-A situated on the outer edges with the imprint of an invitation to a Pesce exhibit, notched on one end and pierced on the other to fit together as a bracelet. The opaque blue resin bleeds into the translucent yellow creating a green abstract boundary and opaqe red resin overlaps the edge where yellow resin begins creating an abstract boundary.

Columbia University Exhibition "The Presence of Objects" Invitation Bracelet
polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-86

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

An amorphic horizontally placed form composed of saturated yellow and blue resin in low relief and an uneven boundary centered on a diagonal. Invitation details to a Pesce exhibit employ embossed lettering of ground colors horizontally placed and evenly spaced from top and bottom edges.

Collective Design Fair Invitation
polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-88

Fish Design Invitation
polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-89

A horizontal form composed of resin, with low relief, peaked contoured edge at top and straight edge on bottom with blue and red colors flowing around each other. Invitation details to a Pesce exhibit employ embossed pink lettering that follows the contour of the top. Two areas of negative space, one with a notch, both on the left side of the object function as a closure if one were to wear this as a bracelet.

Allouche Gallery Exhibition "One of a Kind Iconic Works" Invitation
polyurethane resin.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-87

Its dimensions are

Overall: 5 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (USA); Ruth Patsy Kline; resin, metal; Overall: 5 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in.); Gift of Armand G. & Barbara L. Winfield Archive; 1993-76-2

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dz4i/
Accession Number 1993-76-2
Object ID 18646843