{"product_id":"vintage-vernon-reed-anodized-titanium-brontosaurus-dinosaur-brooch-pin-1980s-american-art-jewelry-museum-artist","title":"Vintage Vernon Reed Anodized Titanium Brontosaurus Dinosaur Brooch Pin 1980s American Art Jewelry Museum Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eVernon Reed is the kind of artist whose work ends up in museums because nobody else was doing what he was doing. Working out of Texas beginning in the late 1970s, Reed pioneered the use of anodized titanium as a fine art jewelry medium, developing masking and voltage control techniques that allowed him to achieve precise, painterly color gradations on titanium metal. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. This brontosaurus brooch dates to the 1980s and shows Reed's anodized titanium work at its most immediate and joyful. The color moves from warm pink at the neck through violet to deep blue purple at the body, a soft ombre that shifts with light and angle. The silhouette is geometric and confident, the stylized eye adding a single note of personality. Lightweight as only titanium can be, it wears like nothing on the lapel. Purchased from the original owner. Unsigned, as many of Reed's fashion line pieces were, but guaranteed authentic Vernon Reed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent. No damage, no fading, no repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Anodized titanium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtist: Vernon Reed, Texas, active 1970s to early 1990s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign: Brontosaurus sauropod silhouette with pink to violet to blue purple ombre anodized finish and stylized eye.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 2.25 x 1.375 inches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 2.5 grams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmarks: Unsigned, purchased from original owner, guaranteed authentic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEra: 1980s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollections: Met, LACMA, Museum of Arts and Design NYC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"GOTTROCKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438698398002,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ladygottrocks.com\/products\/vintage-vernon-reed-anodized-titanium-brontosaurus-dinosaur-brooch-pin-1980s-american-art-jewelry-museum-artist","provider":"GOTTROCKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}