"Faberge's Twins" Brooch
Designer William Harper American
Not on view
William Harper views this work as commingling the styles of two distinct cultural groups—by referencing on the one hand Fabergé eggs, exquisite but "sterile" objects made in the waning years of a decadent Russian court, and on the other, dazzling gold objects made by the Ashanti peoples of West Africa, which he sees as having a "refined roughness" that exudes genuine passion. In Harper’s conceit, suggesting male and female parts, the egg is fertilized by the gold work to produce fraternal twins.
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