The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Man with Rings (Arthur Smith Jewelry)
1987
(American, 1942-)
Image: 25.8 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.8 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 2023.116
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This photograph presents the work of two Black artists working in different media: photographer Coreen Simpson and Arthur Smith, who designed the rings.Description
Simpson, a freelance photographer who specialized in photojournalism and fashion photography, was one of the few female photographers regularly assigned to cover collection shows in Paris and New York. Smith (1917-1982) was one of the most important modernist jewelers of the mid-twentieth century (see 2019.36, 2019.37, and 2020.91). This image is a combination of fashion photography and portraiture: the personal style of the man is as arresting as Smith’s rings on his fingers.- 1987-?Coreen Simpson (the artist) [1942-], to Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY?-2023(Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHJune 5, 2023-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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