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Cephalopod Pendant Brooch
1962
John Paul Miller
John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013)
Decorative Art and Design
Cephalopod Pendant Brooch, 1962. John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013). Gold; 7 x 5.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Aileen and Julian Kassen 2019.181.a John Paul Miller took inspiration from many sources, but his most prolific work references forgotten creatures of the sea and land—snails, insects, and amoeboid fish. This work represents a cephalopod or a many-legged mollusk. In this strangely shaped form, Miller found a vehicle for expressing his artistic technique of layering gold upon gold to imitate the crusty nature of the shell and the tangle of its tentacles. John Paul Miller is credited with rediscovering the lost ancient technique of fusing pure gold onto gold surfaces, called granulation, in 1953.
- Maker/Artist
- Miller, John Paul
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- 7 x 5.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Marked 18K and JPM on reverse of brooch.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 2019.181.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of Aileen and Julian Kassen
- Exhibitions
- Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963 May Show
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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