Pool

Merry Renk, Pool, ca. 1967, cast and oxidized sterling silver with biwa pearls, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joan Watkins, 1993.78.4
Merry Renk, Pool, ca. 1967, cast and oxidized sterling silver with biwa pearls, 1 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 x 1 3⁄4 in. (3.3 x 3.3 x 4.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joan Watkins, 1993.78.4

Artwork Details

Title
Pool
Artist
Date
ca. 1967
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
1 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 x 1 3⁄4 in. (3.3 x 3.3 x 4.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Joan Watkins
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast and oxidized sterling silver with biwa pearls
Classifications
Object Number
1993.78.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1993.78.4

Artwork Description

Pool is a design meant to evoke the landscape of California. For this piece, Merry Renk developed an alternative technique of wax casting, in which she dipped cloth into wax and then pinched it around the metal to raise hills and valleys and form a "pool." She oxidized the low surfaces to create the black patina.

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Charles Bird King, Unidentified, Apauly-Tustennuggee, 1825, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,322
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Date1825
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Charles Bird King, AP-PA-NOO-SE. SAUKIE CHIEF, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1836, hand-colored lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.153,264
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Artist
Dateca. 1836
hand-colored lithograph on paper
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