Robin Kranitzky
"Starmaker" Brooch #1626

"Starmaker"  Brooch #1626

© Robin Kranitzky & Kim Overstreet

"Starmaker" Brooch #1626
"Starmaker"  Brooch #1626
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Starmaker" Brooch #1626
Date1993
Made inRichmond, Virginia, United States
MediumNickel silver, acrylic, brass, paper, eggshell, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (11.4 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3880
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"Schmuckszene '95," Munich, March 11–19, 1995.

"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.

"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.

"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Kim Overstreet....'STARMAKER'.....#1626....1993.....Robin Kranitzky" signed on back near the edge in black ink.

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