Soapstone Pin (one of a pair)

John Iversen (American (born in Germany, 1953))

1978

Object Place: East Hampton, New York

Medium/Technique Soapstone

Dimensions Overall: 6 x 6 x 0.6 cm, 24.8 gm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in., 0.1 lb.)

Credit Line The Daphne Farago Collection

Accession Number2006.267

NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionSquare pin of thinly-cut soapstone incised with cross motif; Silver pinstemwith a split and a notched edge on one arm of the cross.

Signed scratched into stone on rear " Iversen"

ProvenanceMobilia Gallery; Daphne Farago, February 15, 1995 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.