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"Pop Art Natural" Necklace

Carlos Sobral

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Resin, rubber
DATES Designed 1992
DIMENSIONS height: 1 in. (2.5 cm) diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Attached to one side, small black, folded card label with white text, front: "[company logo] /Sobral";interior: "Sobral/ (in French, Portuguese and English) "Brazilian creator and designer, inventor of new techniques/dedicated to the use of resin. Unique piece, handmade according/ to a traditional process and ethics criteria of production"; reverse: "Sobral/ www.rsobral.com.br"; white paper lable with black text: "Colar/Pop Art Natural/09 U/ 000378020201/ [barcode]"
ACCESSION NUMBER 2011.17.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of the artist
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Necklace with alternating, multicolored resin 'stones' on a cream rubber elastic cord. Necklace with seventeen irregular shaped 'stones' of resin, in varying sizes and shapes, predominant colors are black, grey and clear resin. Necklace attached with a white tie to a small, square clear plastic sheet and attached to one side with black thread is a small, folded, card label (see marks for details).
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Carlos Sobral (Brazilian, born 1950). "Pop Art Natural" Necklace, Designed 1992. Resin, rubber, height: 1 in. (2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.17.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2011.17.3.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2011.17.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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Carlos Sobral (Brazilian, born 1950). <em>"Pop Art Natural" Necklace</em>, Designed 1992. Resin, rubber, height: 1 in. (2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.17.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2011.17.3.jpg)