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Adam necklace
Gijs Bakker (Dutch, born in 1942)
Fabricated by: Aldo Bakker
Fabricated by: Florian Göttke
Fabricated by: Rudi Sand
Fabricated by: Aldo Bakker
Fabricated by: Florian Göttke
Fabricated by: Rudi Sand
Dutch
1988
Object Place: Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Gilded brass and PVC-laminated photograph
Dimensions
Overall: 29.2 x 28.6 x 1 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.55
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionRigid, circular gilded brass neck ring (square in section) with a photograph of Michaelangelo's painting of "Adam" from the Sistine Chapel laminated with plastic and set on neck ring.
Marks
Signed and dated G. Bakker Adam 1988 and 17R 7
ProvenanceHelen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia; Daphne Farago, November 12, 1991 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.