Merrily Tompkins
"Thank You, Hide" Pendant

"Thank You, Hide" Pendant

© Merrily Tompkins

"Thank You, Hide" Pendant
"Thank You, Hide" Pendant
ArtistAmerican, 1947–2018
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Thank You, Hide" Pendant
Date1976
Made inGleed, Washington, United States
MediumCopper, brass, sterling silver, enamels, wood, leather, and found objects
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 3/4 in. (39.4 × 13.3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4130
Non exposé

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ProvenanceJimmy Monolides; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"Merrily Tompkins," Manolides Gallery, Seattle.

"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
"THANK YOU hide" carved on hide across front of pendant.

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