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Scheibe auf Sockel
Disc on Base Brooch
Scheibe auf Sockel
Gerd Rothmann (German, born in 1941)
German
1973–74
Place of Creation: Munich, Germany
Medium/Technique
Steel, gold
Dimensions
Overall: 7.6 x 7.3 x 0.6 cm (3 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.487
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionSilver circular disk engraved with square divided into smaller squares, half with numbers. "Standing" on square silver base topped with gold plate.
Signed
Scratched: "Rothmann/ 1977" Also stampled with octopus in a circle
ProvenanceDaphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.