Helen Shirk
Brooch TB11TR

Brooch TB11TR

© H. Shirk

Brooch TB11TR
Brooch TB11TR
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brooch TB11TR
Date1982
Made inSan Diego, California, United States, North America
MediumSterling silver and titanium
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 4 × 5/8 in. (3.8 × 10.2 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4086
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Helen Shirk: Jewelry," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, October 24–November 27, 1982.

"Tenth Biennal National Invitational Crafts Exhibition," University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, March 11–April 8, 1984

"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.

"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
"H. Shirk / Sterling" stamped on plate mounted on back near clasp.

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