Coral Tesserae

Jamie Bennett, Coral Tesserae, 1984, enameled copper, fine silver, and black chrome on sterling silver, 9 × 5 × 12 in. (22.9 × 12.7 × 1.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donna Schneier and Leonard Goldberg, 2015.59

Artwork Details

Title
Coral Tesserae
Date
1984
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
9 × 5 × 12 in. (22.9 × 12.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Donna Schneier and Leonard Goldberg
Mediums Description
enameled copper, fine silver, and black chrome on sterling silver
Classifications
Subjects
  • Dress — accessory — jewelry
Object Number
2015.59

Artwork Description

Jamie Bennett was one of a number of artists who revitalized and revolutionized traditional enameling techniques during the 1980s. He is known for his deep engagement with material and process and innovative use of opaque colors. By removing the visible metal supports normally found in enameling, he achieves a free-form, painterly effect resulting in an enameled surface rich with abstract, fragmented imagery.

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (97 items)

Reginald Marsh, Locomotives, Jersey City, 1934, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh, 1979.127.1
Locomotives, Jersey City
Date1934
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view
Reginald Marsh, Untitled, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.127.4
Untitled
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Star Burlesk
Date1933
etching on paper
Not on view
Reginald Marsh, Untitled, 1927, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.127.3
Untitled
Date1927
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

More Artworks from the Collection

Franklin Lafayette ("Fate") Becham, Double-Handled Whiskey Jug, before 1918, alkaline glaze stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.29
Double-Handled Whiskey Jug
Datebefore 1918
alkaline glaze stoneware
On view
Unidentified (American), Five-Gallon Home Brew Jar, ca. 1880, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.40
Five-Gallon Home Brew Jar
Artist
Unidentified (American)
Dateca. 1880
glazed stoneware
On view