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Shirt studs
Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976)
1936
Object Place: Roxbury, Connecticut, or New York City
Medium/Technique
Brass wire
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Other (Fly): 3.2 x 1.9 cm (1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Other (Speck): 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Other (Fly): 3.2 x 1.9 cm (1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Other (Speck): 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge
Accession Number1992.458a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionPair of shirt studs with spiral backs, one with a wire sculpture of a fly, the other with two small wire coils. Spirals are made of hammered, flattened wire; the fly and the small wire coils are round wire. According to the donor (the original owner), the work represented a fly and fly specks.
ProvenanceCommissioned in 1936 by Mr. John Coolidge (donor) from the artist, and said to be copies of a set made for Henry Russell-Hitchcock.
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