Gijs Bakker
"Borghese" Brooch

"Borghese" Brooch

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"Borghese" Brooch
"Borghese" Brooch
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Borghese" Brooch
Date1998
MediumSilver, print, and Plexiglas
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 3 1/16 × 3/8 in. (7.3 × 7.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3611
Non exposé

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

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"GIJS BAKKER" and two other stamps on back near clasp.

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