Immigrants
Brooch
1987 - 1990 (made)
1987 - 1990 (made)
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This brooch is part of Esther Knobel’s ‘Immigrants’ series, which featured colourful figures - circus artists and ancient emperors – cut from Chinese tin boxes which had originally contained tea, and which she found in an old shop on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem.
The rabbit, an immigrant in respect of having been imported with the tea, along with the other colourful figures in the series, represents ‘a joyful mood, playfulness, an escape and a break from the seriousness of creativity’ for the artist (see Esther Knobel ‘The mind in the hand’ Jerusalem 2008, page XII).
This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
The rabbit, an immigrant in respect of having been imported with the tea, along with the other colourful figures in the series, represents ‘a joyful mood, playfulness, an escape and a break from the seriousness of creativity’ for the artist (see Esther Knobel ‘The mind in the hand’ Jerusalem 2008, page XII).
This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Object details
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| Title | Immigrants (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Recycled tin, nickel silver and elastic |
| Brief description | Brooch, recycled tin, nickel silver and elastic, designed and made by Esther Knobel, Israel, 1987-90 |
| Physical description | A painted tin white rabbit holding aloft a red and yellow scroll balances on a unicycle, the wheel of which rotates along either side of the long horizontal cylinder which forms the bottom of the piece. A curved flagpole ascends from a third of the way along, topped with a thin black flag. A pink elastic cord with blackened ends is tied to the ends of the cylinder. It passes through a loop near the top of the flagpole, giving a triangular outline to the piece. |
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| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Summary | This brooch is part of Esther Knobel’s ‘Immigrants’ series, which featured colourful figures - circus artists and ancient emperors – cut from Chinese tin boxes which had originally contained tea, and which she found in an old shop on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem. The rabbit, an immigrant in respect of having been imported with the tea, along with the other colourful figures in the series, represents ‘a joyful mood, playfulness, an escape and a break from the seriousness of creativity’ for the artist (see Esther Knobel ‘The mind in the hand’ Jerusalem 2008, page XII). This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.60-2014 |
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| Record created | November 4, 2014 |
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