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Sourir du Nez ring
Designed by: Matta (Roberto Sebastián Matta Echaurren) (Chilean, 1911–2002)
Made by: GEM Montebello (active 1967–1978)
Made by: GEM Montebello (active 1967–1978)
1973
Object Place: Milan, Italy
Medium/Technique
18 karat gold
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 2 x 1.7 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2013.1694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionGold ring with an abstract face
Signed
"Matta"
ProvenanceSeptember 12, 1996, sold at Skinner, Inc., Fine Jewelry, sale 1730, lot 336, to Daphne Farago; 2013, gift of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2013)
CopyrightGianCarlo Montebello curator of the GEM MONTEBELLO Archives
© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris