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Circle brooch
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Circle brooch
Louis Mueller (American, born in 1943)
1991
Medium/Technique
22 kt gold, Australian opal
Dimensions
Overall: 5.1 x 5.2 x 1.3 cm (2 x 2 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
Louis Mueller taught sculpture and metalsmithing for many years at the Rhode Island School of Design, training a generation of young artists and introducing the American audience to many important European jewelers. Daphne Farago commissioned Mueller to set these brilliantly colored Australian opals. Mueller made the settings geometric because the rectangular stones reminded him of television screens.
DescriptionOne of a pair. 22 kt burnished yellow gold circle brooch. Set with gem boulder opal slit from "The Big Hole" Mayneside Winton Area, Queensland, Australia. Predominantly deep blue, green with lighter tones and flashes of red.
Signed
Scratched "Louis Mueller 1991"
ProvenanceOpals from R. Dufty Fine Gems; Daphne Farago, February 3, 1990. Settings from Louis Mueller Gallery; Daphne Farago, June 3, 1991.
Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.