Gijs Bakker
"The Tongue" Brooch

"The Tongue" Brooch

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"The Tongue" Brooch
"The Tongue" Brooch
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "The Tongue" Brooch
Date1989
MediumPVC, photograph, diamond, and gold
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 3 3/8 × 1/4 in. (11.1 × 8.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3606
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; commissioned by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Ornamenta 1," Schmucknumseum Pforzheim, Germany, September 30–November 19, 1989.

"Gijs Bakker: A Retrospective 1965-1989," Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, December 7, 1989–January 7, 1990.

"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 Zeit, 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.

"Gijs Bakker: A Selected Retrospective," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, March 2–April 7, 2002.

"Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography," Museum of Arts and Design, New York, May 13–September 14, 2014.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"G Bakker '89 m o/3" written in black ink on back near clasp.

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