Atlantis Jewel by William Harper
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Published: 15.09.2025
Indebted to Joseph Cornell but also to medieval reliquaries, William Harper’s boxes (he calls them “casks” or “treasure boxes” are containers for his jewels (or sometimes saints). He originally conceived them as remnants from the lost city of Atlantis, where the official religion was ART. On the outside they bristle with nails, wire, keys, and miscellaneous findings. They invert both Cornell’s boxes, which are self contained, and medieval reliquaries, where the precious materials are on the outside.
William Harper
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Atlantis Jewel
1999
Cask: Wood, leather, specimen butterfly, mixed media metals, glass, plastic, bone
Brooch: 14, 18, 22 and 24 kt. gold
Cask: 27.9 x 27.9 x 15.2 cm, brooch: 13.9 x 7.6 cm
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Atlantis Jewel
1999
Cask: Wood, leather, specimen butterfly, mixed media metals, glass, plastic, bone
Brooch: 14, 18, 22 and 24 kt. gold
Cask: 27.9 x 27.9 x 15.2 cm, brooch: 13.9 x 7.6 cm
Unique piece
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Dubuography by William Harper
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Transition IV by Nicole Schuster
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