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Mother and Child Brooch
Robert W. Ebendorf (American, born in 1938)
1969
Medium/Technique
Copper, silver, paper, ivory, religious medallion, beads, plexiglass
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 11.7 x 1 cm, 68.5 gm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 3/8 in., 0.2 lb.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.145
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionA round copper disk with irregular edges, with engraved and pierced decoration, and an engraved metal image of the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist ,under plexiglass Beads and a small religious medallion are suspended by silver chains from the center of the disk.
Signed
" R Ebendorf 1969" scratched on rear
ProvenanceRobert Ebendorf; Daphne Farago, August 29, 1992 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.