Artist
Eleanor H. MotyAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Interrupted Vertical" Brooch
Date1990
MediumSterling silver, 18k and 22k gold, rutilated quartz, and topaz
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 4.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3975
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryTory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, 1991.
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, 1991.
"The Breadth of Metal," Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1993.
"10 American Jewelers," Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin, 1993.
"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.
"Crossing Boundaries/Contemporary Jewelry: America, Europe, Australia," Gallery I/O, New Orleans, 1995.
"Metalsmiths and Mentors: Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison," Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, April 29–August 14, 2006.
"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Moty '90 © / Sterling 22K/18K" etched on back near clasp
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