Concerto in ‘D’, Proud

Artist Claire Falkenstein (American, 1908 - 1997)

Datec. 1960

Dimensions3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.4 × 6 cm)

MediumCopper wire, slumped and fused glass

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of Didier and Martine Haspeslagh

Object number

2020.42

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 34, Jewelry Gallery

DescriptionUnique pendent formed from two curved pieces of thick copper wire with a distinct patina onto which are fused a mass of transparent blue Murano glass on a flat surface.

Published ReferencesNewby Haspeslagh, Martine, Jewelry by Contemporary Painters and Sculptors @ 50: 1967-2017, Didier Ltd, London, 2017, p.60-61.Comparative ReferencesSee also Long Beach Museum of Art. The Modernist Jewelry of Claire Falkenstein, (LBMA, 2004). See also Kirk Silsbee. Pasadena Museum of California Art Rediscovers a Sculptor Whose Work Helped Shape Southern California. May 3, 2016. Los Angeles Times.