Hair Comb and Pin
Artist
Marjorie Schick
(American, 1941 - 2017)
Date1975
MediumSterling silver
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 1 inches (26.04 × 24.77 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Robert Hiller
Object number2016.62.1.1,2
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DescriptionThe hair comb is made of silver in a linear design suggesting, a cloud and rainbow-shaped arc, topped with a selection of squiggle-lines, supported by six prongs, four on the left and two on the right. There is also a two-pointed pin which fits horizontally through the center of the arc. The pin has a target shape with two inverted S-shaped lines protruding from the largest semi-circle.ProvenanceThe artist, Pittsburg, KS, 1975-2016;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Marjorie Schick and Tacey A. Rosolowski, Sculpture to Wear: The Jewelry of Marjorie Schick (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2007), 38, 159, (repro.).
Copyright© Estate of Marjorie Schick
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