id: 130421
accession number: 1953.181
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.181
updated: 2023-03-22 14:08:00.320000
Necklace, 1953. John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013). Gold; overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.); pendant: 7 x 4.6 cm (2 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund 1953.181
title: Necklace
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creation date: 1953
creation date earliest: 1953
creation date latest: 1953
current location: 228B Cleveland Artists
creditline: Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund
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culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique: gold
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Jewelry
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CREATORS
* John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Pendant: 7 x 4.6 cm (2 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The May Show: 35th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
opening date: 1953-05-06T04:00:00
The May Show: 35th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1953).
title: Exhibition of Crafts
opening date: 1965-04-04T05:00:00
Exhibition of Crafts. The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA (organizer) (April 4-May 1, 1965).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: The Jewelry of John Paul Miller
opening date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00
The Jewelry of John Paul Miller. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 13, 2010-January 2, 2011).
title: Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art & Design
opening date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00
Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art & Design. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (organizer) (October 11, 2011-January 15, 2012); Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (February 25-May 20, 2012).
title: Gallery One 2012
opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00
Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Fine Arts Center, Indiana University, IN (2/2/1959 - 2/25/1959), Newcomb College, Tulane University, LA (3/10/1959 - 2/31/1959); "The Medieval Craftsman and his Modern Counterpart" cat. no. 11g
CMA 2010: "The Jewerly of John Paul Miller" (6/15/2010- 1/2/2011), no catalogue
Museum of Arts and Design (10/11/2011 - 1/15/2012) and Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, NY (2/25/2012 - 5/20/2012): "Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art & Design"), ex. cat. no. 165, p. 218.
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PROVENANCE
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John Paul Miller's fascination with jewelry technique emerged in his groundbreaking rediscovery in the early 1950s of granulation, an ancient, forgotten technique of fusing gold beads to a gold surface without using solder. The fleeting creatures of earth, sea, and sky, such as the insect on this necklace, became his muses, inspiring a body of work full of curiously textured forms.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
John Paul Miller Entry Card to 1953 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS10003/
Hoffman, Jay, Dee Driscole, and Mary Clare Zahler. A Study in Regional Taste: The May Show, 1919-1975. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977.
page number: Reproduced: P. 63, no. 70; Mentioned: P. 80, no. 70
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 150
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John Paul Miller collection. 1850-2010, bulk 1940-2000. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/JohnPaulMiller
Channing, Laurence, "Before Neo: The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2005-07/page/8
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