Artist
Laurie Hall(American, born 1944)American, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "No. 2 Please" Necklace
Date1988
Made inSeattle, Washington, United States
MediumBronze, no. 2 pencils, ColorCore, and basswood
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (40.6 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.3791
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryMIA Gallery, Seattle.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"L. Hall" stamped on a plate attached to the back of the largest "2"
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Laurie Hall
1995
Whale bone, beach bottle glass, sterling silver, and Chinese coin
2002.3794
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
