Peter Tully
Series of Three Brooches

Series of Three Brooches
Series of Three Brooches
Series of Three Brooches
ArtistAustralian, 1947–1992
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • Series of Three Brooches
Date1990–1991
MediumCellophane, brass, and wire
DimensionsEach: 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 in. (8.3 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by Nana Booker and M. David Lowe
Object number2002.4131.1-.3
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.

"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.

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