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Brooch: Thyria (Bird in Flight)
Designer: Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963)
Date: 1975 (Designed 1963)
Dimensions:
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Depth: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Medium: Gold and rubies
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Rita Barbour Kern
Object number: 2003.36
Label Text:Co-developer of Cubism with Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque was primarily known as a painter and printmaker. Braque worked closely with Baron Heger de Loewenfeld to translate his concepts—such as these two brooches, which echo motifs Braque repeatedly visited in his paintings and prints—into three-dimensional jewelry. Braque disliked shiny surfaces, so Loewenfeld devised a technique of applying fused gold to the plain gold surface to create a matte, granular effect.
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