"$97.00 Currency Converted" Brooch from the "Increasing Value" Series Maker: Lauren Vanessa Tickle (American, born 1985)

2016

American Decorative Arts

Not on view

In $97.00 Currency Converted, Lauren Vanessa Tickle called attention to the way that money intersects with labor, value, and adornment. She removed the most recognizable elements from ninety-seven U.S. one-dollar bills and reconstructed the remaining graphic elements in an intricate design inspired by kaleidoscopic patterns. Although she destroyed the currency’s monetary value, the object gained an even greater value as a result of her craft. The brooch also complicates the concept of adornment as a display of wealth, since the wearer of the brooch is visibly flaunting not only cash, but also evidence of Tickle’s labor.

Medium

Silver, monofilament, U.S. dollars, and surgical steel

Dimensions

4 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (11.4 × 10.8 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Susan Grant Lewin Collection

Accession Number

2021.40.26

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

21st century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
The artist, New York; sold to Susan Grant Lewin, New York; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

brooches

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