Pin
Date:
1922
Artist:
Designed by Yngve Olsson (American, born Denmark, 1896–1970) Kalo Shop (American, 1900–70) Chicago
About this artwork
Status
Currently Off View
Department
Arts of the Americas
Artists
Kalo Shop (Firm) (Manufacturer)
, Yngve Harald Olsson (Designer)
Title
Pin
Places
Chicago (Object made in), United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date
1922
Medium
Silver, with a natural assemblage of malachite and azurite
Inscriptions
Impressed marks on back: "KALO" and "STERLING"
Dimensions
5.1 × 3.3 cm (2 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Burton W. Hales
Reference Number
1978.302
Extended information about this artwork
Publication History
Elyse Zorn Karlin, “Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition,” (Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2004, 2nd ed.), p. 240 (ill.). Barbara Schnitzer, “The Lives and Times of Three Chicago Metalsmiths,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 13, 2020, https://www.artic.edu/articles/869/the-lives-and-times-of-three-chicago-metalsmiths , (ill.).
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