Martha Banyas
Brooch

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ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brooch
Date1984
MediumCopper, enamel, and silver
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 3 3/16 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 8.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3617
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"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.

"Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York, October 26, 1986–March 22, 1987; Denver Art Museum, May 16–July 5, 1987; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, August 7–October 4, 1987; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 12–April 10, 1988; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, May 16–July 10, 1988; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, August 9–October 2, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"M. Banyas '84 / BA 152" scratched on back near clasp

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