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Only the names have been changed Brooch

This is a Brooch. It was designed by Stefan Heuser. It is dated 2008 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is cast gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

In this brooch, Heuser was concerned with the end of relationships and the start of new ones. The group of cameo-like female heads of various sizes is cast in gold with textures and perforations that are left to the viewer to interpret.

This object was donated by Susan Lewin. It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

  • Cameo
  • glass.
  • Gift of the French Institute.
  • 1949-72-77

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.2 × 7.7 × 1.1 cm (2 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

No marks

Cite this object as

Only the names have been changed Brooch; Designed by Stefan Heuser (German, b. 1978); cast gold; H x W x D: 7.2 × 7.7 × 1.1 cm (2 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 7/16 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-44

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

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