Pin/​Pendant

Olaf Skoogfors, Pin/Pendant, 1975, gold-plated sterling silver with ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt and Martin Woldow in memory of Olaf Skoogfors, 1982.93A-B
Olaf Skoogfors, Pin/Pendant, 1975, gold-plated sterling silver with ivory, overall: 8 5⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 x 3⁄4 in. (22.0 x 13.1 x 2.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt and Martin Woldow in memory of Olaf Skoogfors, 1982.93A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Pin/​Pendant
Artist
Date
1975
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 8 5⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 x 3⁄4 in. (22.0 x 13.1 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Williams Drutt and Martin Woldow in memory of Olaf Skoogfors
Mediums
Mediums Description
gold-plated sterling silver with ivory
Classifications
Object Number
1982.93A-B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1982.93A-B

Artwork Description

This pendant is from Olaf Skoogfors’s mature work, in which he used assemblage to explore texture and surface. The forms in his pieces relate to landscape elements and to the human body, and are taken from ancient cultures as well as contemporary design.

Works by this artist (9 items)

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Raymond White Skolfield, Night on Fourteenth St., 1936, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.87
Night on Fourteenth St.
Artist
Date1936
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Raymond White Skolfield, The Fog Lifts, 1938, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.206
The Fog Lifts
Artist
Date1938
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Raymond White Skolfield, Dyckman St. Ferry, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.239
Dyckman St. Ferry
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Raymond White Skolfield, Bound for the Tropics, 1936, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.205
Bound for the Tropics
Artist
Date1936
lithograph
Not on view

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Artist
Date1917
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