id:			380106
accession number:	2020.203
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.203
updated:		2025-12-28 21:31:59.019000

Seashell (Coquillage) Compact, c. 1953–56. Jean Schlumberger (French, 1907–1987). 18 karat gold; overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.203

title:				Seashell (Coquillage) Compact
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creation date:			c. 1953–56
creation date earliest:		1953
creation date latest:		1956
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France
technique:	18 karat gold
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Jewelry
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CREATORS

* Jean Schlumberger (French, 1907–1987)  - designer

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measurements: Overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.)
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	inscription:	Marked, interior lid: SCHLUMBERGER-3-
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby's, New York, NY, November 20, 2014, Lot 236, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 2014
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2009–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ducamp, Emmanuel. "Austrian and French Decorative Arts." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 46-49, 60-61,150-151, 184-185. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 150-151; Mentioned: p. 271-272
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