Bracelet
Ed Wiener
(American, 1918–1991)
1948
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 10.8 x 6.4 cm (2 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2006.593
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionEd Wiener was a leading figure in the New York circle of Modernist jewelers active in the 1940s and 1950s. In his early pieces, such as his 1949 necklace, he used textured and hammered surfaces to make his hand-craftsmanship visible, thereby protesting the "dehumanization" of the machine age. He was particularly interested in the abstract forms of the new non-objective (abstract) art and the kineticism of Calder's jewelry and mobiles.
ProvenanceAuerback & Maffia (Fountainville, PA); Daphne Farago,January 13, 1995 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
