Artist
Marta Breis(Spanish, born 1953)Spanish, born 1953
CultureSpanish
Titles
- Necklace
Date1983
Made inBarcelona, Spain
MediumSilver, copper, steel, and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 15 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (33 × 39.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Costume Institute Founders' Fund, by exchange
Object number2002.3644
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.
"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"BREIS" ectched on back of metal where floss is mounted
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3647
Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3646
Bernhard Schobinger
1994
Tin, quartz, iron, gold, copper wire, metal sheet from steel, paint, and ink
2002.4065
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss
Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
2024.284.A,.B
Nancy Worden
1999
Copper, silver, brass, plastic, horn, sand, and Pyrex
2002.3656