Emmy Van Leersum
"Broken Lines" Armband

"Broken Lines" Armband

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"Broken Lines" Armband
"Broken Lines" Armband
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Broken Lines" Armband
Date1982–1984
MediumPVC and ink
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (6.4 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4146
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Broken Lines: Emmy Van Leersum 1930-1984," Museum Het Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, April 4–June 13, 1993; Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium, July 3–September 6, 1993; Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montreal, October 7–December 7, 1993.

"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
"Emmy V Leersum" stamped into the plastic near the overlap area.

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"Broken Lines" Earrings
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
PVC and ink
2002.4144.A,.B
"Broken Lines" Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
PVC and ink
2002.4150
"Broken Lines" Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
Stainless steel and paint
2002.4141
"Broken Lines" Earrings
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
Brass and paint
2002.4143.A,.B
"Broken Lines" Earrings
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
PVC and ink
2002.4151.A,.B
Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1983
Tissue paper and PVC
2002.4149
Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1982
Tissue paper and PVC
2002.4142
Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1983
Tissue paper and PVC
2002.4148
Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1983
Tissue paper and PVC
2002.4147
Armband
Emmy Van Leersum
1977
Tissue paper and PVC
2002.4137
Drawing for "Armband #56"
Emmy Van Leersum
1975
Ink and graphite on laminated PVC
2005.2144
"Broken Lines" Ring
Emmy Van Leersum
c. 1996
Yellow and white gold
2003.940