Fossil Brooch

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Artist Märta Mattsson(Swedish, born 1982)Swedish, born 1982

CultureSwedish

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Fossil Brooch

Date2012

MediumCicadas, glitter, crushed copper ore, silver, and resin

Dimensions5 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 1 in. (14 × 10.8 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2016

Object number2016.121

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; [Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts, 2016]; MFAH, 2016.
Published References Aurucci, Paola. "Marta Mattsson." Italia Vogue. 26 September 2013: <http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-gioiello/designer/2013/09/marta-mattsson> Halén, Widar. "From the Coolest Corner: Nordic Jewellery." Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2013. Hardy, Joanna, and Malcolm Cossons. "Collect Contemporary Jewelry." London: Thames & Hudson, 2012. Lloyd-Jones, Teleri. "Glimpsing tomorrow's world." Crafts. July | August 2010: 12-13. Nassif, Kamal and Mariah Tuttle. "Currently Obsessed With: How Soon Is Now? Melanie Bilenker, Arthur Hash, Marta Mattsson, Edgar Mosa, Shari Pierce." Current Obsession. October 2013: 10-16. Ramljak, Suzanne, ed. Lola Brooks and Cindi Strauss. "Jurors' Panel Talking Fresh." Metalsmith Vol. 31 No. 4, 2011: 10-15. "The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers." Cologne, New York: Darling Pub, 2009. Wästberg, Inger, and Bella Carlsson. "Contemporary Swedish Art Jewellery." Stockholm: Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, 2013.

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