Artist
Bruce Metcalf(American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Figure Pin #132" Brooch
Date1996
Medium23k gold leaf, paint, maple, brass, copper, Micarta, and steel
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (11.1 × 12.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the estate of Jack T. McCann
Object number2002.3965.A,.B
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Bruce Metcalf," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, October 29–November 29, 1997.
"Subjects: Narratives," Design Museum, Helsinki, September, 1998.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A, Brooch: "Metcalf / '96" on back near clasp in green ink.
.B, Stand: "#119" and a figure on bottom in black marker.
.B, Stand: "#119" and a figure on bottom in black marker.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Bruce Metcalf
1992
Maple, cherry, oak, walnut, pine, rosewood, cork, glass eye, plastic teeth, tagua nut, brass, cord, 23k gold leaf, and paint
2002.3963
Bruce Metcalf
1978
Brass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
2002.3956.A,.B
Robin Kranitzky
1997
Micarta, polymer clay, copper leaf, faux gold leaf, glass beads, brass, copper, silver, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3881
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Stainless steel, papier-mâché, lacquer, graphite, 23k gold leaf, and silver
2002.3938
Bruce Metcalf
1977
Silver, Plexiglas, brass, pen and ink, paint, and commercial chain
2002.3955.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1996
Graphite on paper
2005.210.A,.B
