Gijs Bakker
"Newspaper" Neckpiece

"Newspaper" Neckpiece

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"Newspaper" Neckpiece
"Newspaper" Neckpiece
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Newspaper" Neckpiece
Date1986
MediumPVC and newsprint
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 19 × 1/16 in. (50.8 × 48.3 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3597
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"GB 86" etched on back of the inner curl's edge.

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