Bussi Buhs
"Snow of Yesterday" Collar

"Snow of Yesterday" Collar

© Bussi Buhs

"Snow of Yesterday" Collar
"Snow of Yesterday" Collar
ArtistGerman, born 1940
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Snow of Yesterday" Collar
Date1995
Made inHohenzell, Germany
MediumNylon, polypropylene, and old medallions
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 17 in. (5.1 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.3658
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Community Exhibition," Kunstverein Leimen, Heidelberg, Germany, February 28–April 10, 1999.

"Minatures 2000," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, April 1–29, 2000; Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, June 16–September 17, 2000.

"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
"Bussi / 576" etched on back of one button.

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