The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Cephalopod Pendant Brooch
1962
(American, 1918–2013)
7 x 5.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Gift of Aileen and Julian Kassen 2019.181.a
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
John Paul Miller is credited with rediscovering the lost ancient technique of fusing pure gold onto gold surfaces, called granulation, in 1953.Description
John Paul Miller took inspiration from many sources, but his most prolific work references forgotten creatures of the sea and land—snails, insects, and amoeboid fish. This work represents a cephalopod or a many-legged mollusk. In this strangely shaped form, Miller found a vehicle for expressing his artistic technique of layering gold upon gold to imitate the crusty nature of the shell and the tangle of its tentacles.- 1962-?Julian Kassen, M.D., purchase from the artist, thence by descent to Melinda Kassen?-2019Melinda Kassen, Boulder, CO, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2019-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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- Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963 May Show
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