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Apartment Jewelry, Fifth Floor

Asagi Maeda (Japanese, born 1977)

Japanese

2005

Medium/Technique Sterling silver, 18K gold, plastic, enamel, and semiprecious stones

Dimensions Length: 20.5 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm (8 1/16 x 1 x 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Yvonne J. Markowitz in honor of jeweler, Toni Strassler

Accession Number2014.1786

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsJewelry, Asia, Contemporary Art

ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets

DescriptionThe bracelet consists of seven links that take the form of box-shaped "windows," each with a different three-dimensional scene that is enclosed in plexi-glass. Behind each link is the following impressed text: 1. 5th FLOOR / 6 TENANTS / 6 MOMENTS / LET'S / TAKE A LOOK; 2. CARL / WELL / WHAT IS / HAPPENING / IN THE WORLD?; 3. THOMAS / WHAT TO PACK / WHAT TO PACK / HIS MIND IS / ALREADY / THERE; 4. LILY / AN / UNEXPECTED / VISITOR / MADE / HER DAY; 5. JAME / A FAVORITE / TUNE PLAYING / HE FINDS HIS / SPECIAL PLACE / IT'S HOME; 6. DAVID / CRAVING / SUSHI. / DIAL UP / DELIVERY; 7. FRANK / SCRATCH / LANGUAGE / OF THE / UNIVERSE. The bracelet is part of a series of bracelets that illustrate life on different floors of an apartment building.

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ProvenanceBefore 2014, from the artist, Asagi Maeda to Mobilia Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA; before 2014, sold by Mobilia Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Yvonne Markowitz, Framingham, MA; 2014, gift of Markowitz to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)