Two etched alumnium bracelets laying side by side. On the left is a large light grey circle with an open circle interior. On the right is a smaller dark grey bespectled circle with an open circle interior.

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Object Timeline

1988	Work on this object began.
1990	Work on this object ended.
2016	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Aluminum Bracelets Two Bracelets

This is a Two Bracelets. It was designed by Lisa Spiros. It is dated 1988 (a), 1990 (b) and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is etched aluminum. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Spiros finds inspiration in the geometry of totemic forms and ancient monoliths. Their purpose for ritual use remains mysterious, yet the artist mirrors her process of construction with these structures. She chooses metal as her medium because of its fluid response to shape, and its association with endurance, as well as the multiple surface possibilities.

This object was donated by Susan Lewin. It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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aluminum, bakelite (tm).
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-62-a/d

Lamp (USA)
aluminum, wood.
Gift of John P. Axelrod.
1989-67-1-a/c

Large sample of silk-screen turquoise printed cotton velvet. There is a repeating pattern design of concentric circles in eight gradient shades of dark to light blue across the silk.

Sample, Decor I Series, Circle, 1969
cotton.
Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper Hewitt....
2017-9-1

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

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aluminum (anodized).
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1993-114-5

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screenprint on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-30

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 16.5 × 0.3 cm (6 1/2 × 1/8 in.) H x diam.: 19 × 0.3 cm (7 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

a) Incised on reverse: Lisa Spiros (in script), '88"; b) Incised on reverse: "Lisa Spiros (in script), 1990"

Cite this object as

Aluminum Bracelets Two Bracelets; Designed by Lisa Spiros (American, b. 1959); etched aluminum; H x diam.: 16.5 × 0.3 cm (6 1/2 × 1/8 in.) H x diam.: 19 × 0.3 cm (7 1/2 × 1/8 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-107-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2kgsXp/
Accession Number 2016-34-107-a,b
Object ID 874387549