Art Smith
“Modern” Cuff
1947
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Art Smith
“Modern” Cuff
1947
Physical Qualities
Copper, brass, 7 × 4 in. (17.8 × 10.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing
Object Number
2022.51
"Modern Cuff" by Art Smith, designed c. 1948. Copper, brass. Handmade cuffed bracelet made up of two copper curved plates, each pierced by three thin brass arms.
Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2022
Foley, Mark, et. al. "Structure and Ornament: American Modernist Jewelry 1940–1960," New York: Fifty/50, 1984 (cover)
Harwood, Barry. "From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith," New York: Brooklyn Museum, 2008, p. 15 (exhibition catalog)
Schreiber, Fran. “From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith,” Modern Silver Magazine, 2008.
Harwood, Barry. "From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith," New York: Brooklyn Museum, 2008, p. 15 (exhibition catalog)
Schreiber, Fran. “From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith,” Modern Silver Magazine, 2008.
Inscribed: Signed: "Art Smith" impressed on the back in cursive
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