Falko Marx
"Sardine" Brooch

"Sardine" Brooch

© Falko Marx

"Sardine" Brooch
"Sardine" Brooch
ArtistGerman, 1941 - 2012
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Sardine" Brooch
Date1988
MediumSapphires, diamonds, found objects, and gold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3947
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 1990; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Tragezezeichen," Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, 1987.

"Falko Marx," Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, November 2–December 2, 1989.

"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeir, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"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
"F.M. / '88 / KOLN" written on disc back in the lower right corner.
"750 F.M. '88 KOLN" written on mount

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