Betsy King
"Bound To Be Back" Brooch

"Bound To Be Back"  Brooch

© Betsy King

"Bound To Be Back" Brooch
"Bound To Be Back"  Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Bound To Be Back" Brooch
Date1992
MediumSterling silver, paper, and brass
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 5 1/8 × 3/4 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3853
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
Exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Jewelry Woman Exhibition," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 1991.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"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.

"Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography," Museum of Arts and Design, New York, May 13–September 14, 2014.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"BK 92" etched on back of Superman's feet.

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