Ring

Artist Costanza Cédelle, called Costanza (French, born 1931)

Date1991

MediumAltuglas (acrylic)

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 inches (3.81 × 5.4 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert A. Hiller

Object number2017.22.6

Inscribedne side of the ring’s exterior is incised COSTANZA the opposite exterior side is incised PARIS. Both inscriptions are made in brown uppercase lettering.

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On view

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Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionAn ivory-colored, oversize trapezoidal ring with semi-circular cutouts on both sides of the central hole for one’s finger. The cutouts allow the ring to rest on adjacent fingers when worn. The ring is made of altuglas and is ivory in color. All sides of the object are smooth. The top of the ring is thicker and longer than the base of the ring, and protrudes from the finger at least one inch when worn. One side of the ring’s exterior is incised COSTANZA the opposite exterior side is incised PARIS. Both inscriptions are made in brown uppercase lettering.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Robert A. Hiller, by 2017;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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