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The Dancer (Earrings)

Ed Wiener

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Object Label

The Dancer brooch and earrings were inspired by a photograph by Barbara Morgan of the dancer Martha Graham performing in Letters to the World in 1941. A free-flowing silhouette, the brooch was cut from a sheet of silver. Wiener said of this piece, “Even in doing literal translations, it was important to move into abstraction and evolve a secondary level of recognition.”

Caption

Ed Wiener (American, 1918–1991). The Dancer (Earrings), ca. 1947. Silver, a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan, 1995.192.2a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

The Dancer (Earrings)

Date

ca. 1947

Medium

Silver

Classification

Jewelry

Dimensions

a & b: 1 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 1.9 cm)

Signatures

not signed

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

on reverse of each earing: ED WEINER/STERLING

Credit Line

Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan

Accession Number

1995.192.2a-b

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Artists and makers

Ed Wiener

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