id:			452801
accession number:	2019.181.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.181.a
updated:		2022-06-01 09:00:38.790000

Cephalopod Pendant Brooch, 1962. John Paul Miller (American, 1918-2013). Gold; 7 x 5.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Aileen and Julian Kassen 2019.181.a

title:				Cephalopod Pendant Brooch
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creation date:			1962
creation date earliest:		1957
creation date latest:		1967
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creditline:			Gift of Aileen and Julian Kassen
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culture:	America
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: 7 x 5.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Marked 18K and JPM on reverse of brooch.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963 May Show

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PROVENANCE

	Julian Kassen, M.D., purchase from the artist, thence by descent to Melinda Kassen
	date: 1962-?
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	Melinda Kassen, Boulder, CO, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2019
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2019-
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fun fact: 
John Paul Miller is credited with rediscovering the lost ancient technique of fusing pure gold onto gold surfaces, called granulation, in 1953.

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John Paul Miller took inspiration from many sources, but his most prolific work references forgotten creatures of the sea and land—snails, insects, and amoeboid fish. This work represents a cephalopod or a many-legged mollusk. In this strangely shaped form, Miller found a vehicle for expressing his artistic technique of layering gold upon gold to imitate the crusty nature of the shell and the tangle of its tentacles.

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