Arline Fisch
Necklace

Necklace

© Arline Fisch

Necklace
Necklace
ArtistAmerican, 1931–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Necklace
Date1985
Made inSan Diego, California, United States
MediumFine silver, 18k gold, and sterling silver
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 6 × 1 1/2 in. (31.8 × 15.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2002.3741
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Arline Fisch," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, June 8–July 12, 1985.

"Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View," The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, March 9–June 15, 1986; The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, October 1–November 2, 1986.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"85 / Sterling" and an "A" inside the outline of a fish are stamped on a plate which is attached at the back seam of the woven necklace.

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