Necklace
1960 · Silver, glass, earthenware
Pendant: 6 × 8.9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Elsa Freund
Artist
WA-00052043
Mixed Media
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
6
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (6 fields)
1 cross-verified · 5 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (1)
- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
About
Why this artist matters now
Elsie Mari Bates Freund (1912–2001) was an American studio art jeweler, watercolorist, and textile artist. She and her husband, Louis Freund, established an art school in Eureka Springs in 1941.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 20d ago
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Mixed Media
Related Artists
6 in graph
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Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (2)
5 published of 5 catalogued · 1 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art4 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)
4 entries · 1 sources
- 1958 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1958 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1951 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1958 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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