Daniel Jocz
"Rain Makes Wheat Makes Bread" Brooch

"Rain Makes Wheat Makes Bread" Brooch

© Daniel Jocz

"Rain Makes Wheat Makes Bread" Brooch
"Rain Makes Wheat Makes Bread" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Rain Makes Wheat Makes Bread" Brooch
Date1994
Made inCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSterling silver and polymer clay
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 in. (4.8 × 6 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3840
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Daniel Jocz, Uncommon Sense: A Retrospective Exhibition 1984-2000," Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, March 13–April 14, 2000; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, May 21–August 8, 2000; Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, March 19–April 8, 2001; Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 16–September 30, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"JOCZ" stamped on back near clasp.

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