Necklace Maker: Frank Patania, Jr. (American, born 1932)

ca. 1963

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Sterling silver and turquoise

Dimensions

2 9/16 × 17 1/4 in. (6.5 × 43.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Natalie H. and George T. Lee, Jr., B.A. 1957

Accession Number

2002.44.1

Geography

Made in Tucson, Arizona

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Jewelry

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Provenance
Marion Natalie Lege Henderson (1908–1966), Dallas, Texas (acquired c. 1960); by descent to her daughter Mrs. George T. Lee (nee Natalie Henderson), Dallas, Texas; gift 2002 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Caroline Hannah, "'Thunderbird Style': A Gift of Two Generations of Southwestern Silversmiths," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 111–12, fig. 3
  • "Acquisitions 2002," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 139
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

necklaces

Marks

Struck on the back of the bottom right side spade, which is the longest of the right side: "F/ P" conjoined with a bar horizontally across the downstroke of the P.

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