Nancy Worden
"Buying Time" Necklace

"Buying Time" Necklace

© The Estate of Nancy Worden

"Buying Time" Necklace
"Buying Time" Necklace
ArtistAmerican, 1954–2021
ArtistAustralian, born 1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Buying Time" Necklace
Date1999
Made inSeattle, Washington, United States
MediumCopper, silver, brass, plastic, horn, sand, and Pyrex
DimensionsOverall: 26 1/2 × 4 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (67.3 × 10.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of Barbara Paull in honor of her birthday
Object number2002.3656
Non exposé

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Provenance[William Traver Gallery, Seattle, 2000]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 2000; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Nancy Worden: Homework," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Spring, 2000.

"Nancy Worden," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, April 4–May 5, 2001.

"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

"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
"WORDEN / 1999" is stamped on the clasp.

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