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City Flora Series
Dandelion Brooch
City Flora Series
Jan Yager (American, born in 1951)
2001
Medium/Technique
Silver, found auto glass.
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 14.6 x 1.9 cm, 90.6 gm (5 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 3/4 in., 0.2 lb.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.634
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
Jan Yager uses her art to take on difficult social and political issues. In her City Flora/City Flotsam series, Yager contrasts the disturbing evidence of urban poverty, violence, and drug abuse with the weeds that grow through cracks in the sidewalk, which she sees as symbols of renewal and rebirth. Her Dandelion Brooch, set with a gem-like fragment of auto glass, represents the persistence of life in a decaying city environment.
DescriptionSilver cast dandelion leaves with diamond-shaped green auto glass in center. The leaves are set in three articulated layers, and each layer rotates around a center point.
Marks
"Dandelion City Flora/City Flotsam" incised on the back of one leaf; "Jan Yager sterling auto glass" incised on the back of another leaf.
ProvenanceJan Yager; Daphne Farago, October 22, 2001 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
Copyright© Jan Yager