Gijs Bakker
"Torn Paper" Neckpiece

"Torn Paper" Neckpiece

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"Torn Paper" Neckpiece
"Torn Paper" Neckpiece
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Torn Paper" Neckpiece
Date1985
MediumPVC and torn paper
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 1/16 in. (29.2 × 34.3 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3598
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"GB '85" etched on back side near split

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