Margaret West
"One Stone with Black Steel Rings" Necklace

"One Stone with Black Steel Rings"  Necklace

© Margaret West

"One Stone with Black Steel Rings" Necklace
"One Stone with Black Steel Rings"  Necklace
ArtistAustralian, 1936–2014
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • "One Stone with Black Steel Rings" Necklace
Date1984
Made inSydney, Australia
MediumGranite, blackened steel, and stainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 8 × 1 in. (29.2 × 20.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by Nana Booker and M. David Lowe
Object number2002.3726
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryThe Contemporary Jewelry Gallery, Sydney, 1985.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"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
"m / 84" is on the back on each of the three discs

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