Artist
Bruce Metcalf(American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Bagman" Brooch
Date1987
MediumSterling silver, Plexiglas, Prismacolor pencil, and Mylar
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 in. (7.6 × 6 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3960
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"6 Approaches to Metal," Works Gallery, Philadelphia, December, 1987; Wita Gardiner Gallery, Los Angeles, April, 1988.
"National Jewelry Invitational Exhibition," Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1988.
"Jewelry: Means: Meaning," Hunter Museum of Art, Chatanooga, Tenessee, June 1989; [tour].
"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–June 27, 2004.
"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 Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Image of needle nosed pliars "Bruce Metcalf '87" are stamped on the back near the clasp.
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Bruce Metcalf
1978
Brass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
2002.3956.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1977
Silver, Plexiglas, brass, pen and ink, paint, and commercial chain
2002.3955.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1975
Commercial white metal castings, Plexiglas, silver, and stainless steel
2002.3953
Bruce Metcalf
1976
Brass, copper, acrylic, Delrin, enamel, and Plexiglas
2002.3954
Betsy King
1989
Sterling silver, brass, photograph, copper, Plexiglas, and plastic
2002.3850
Robert Ebendorf
c. 1983-1984
Sterling silver, ivory, silk threads, 24k gold foil, silver, and Plexiglas
2010.177.A,.B
Betsy King
1990
Sterling silver, copper, bronze, Plexiglas, etched brass, and photograph
2002.3851
Betsy King
1990
Sterling silver, Plexiglas, brass, plastic, and photograph
2002.3849
Bruce Metcalf
1988
Sterling silver, paint, and firebrick
2002.3966