Two Brooches

Two Brooches

Ebendorf, Robert W.

jeweler (person in crafts); silversmith

born 1938

American

1980

brooch; jewelry

work

1996.013.002a & b

1996.013.002a & b

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Copyright. 1980. Robert W. Ebendorf

Robert Ebendorf was born on September 30, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas. He studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, earning both his BFA and MFA. From 1971 to 1989 he taught in the metals program at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and presently teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ebendorf has exhibited widely both in the United States and Europe, as well as in Asia and Africa. His work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design (formerly the American Craft Museum), NYC, The Brooklyn Museum, NYC, The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, NYC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea, and the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, among many other museums and galleries. In 2010, Ebendorf was awarded the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor.

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art; State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz, New York, United States)

Decorative Arts Collection. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/57

sterling silver

jewelry making; silversmithing

4.76 x 4.76 cm (1 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches)