Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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Choker

1938
Marie Zimmermann
Length x width: 13 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (34.9 x 2.9 cm)
Gold, jade, enamel over gold, pink tourmalines, garnets or synthetic rubies

Classification: Jewelry / Adornment

Object Place: New York, New York

Accession number: 2012.1

Provenance/Ownership History: Given by the artist to her cousin, Gerda Debrunner, Switzerland; by descent within the family to John C. Zimmermann, West Lebanon, NH; 2012, sold by John Zimmermann to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Museum purchase with funds donated by the James Parker Charitable Trust