Artist
Gijs Bakker(Dutch, born 1942)Dutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
- "Callas" Brooch
Date1991
MediumSilver, photograph, and Plexiglas
Dimensions4 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 5/8 in. (11.2 × 6.1 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Megan Staffel and Graham Marks in memory of Rudolf Staffel and in support of the Helen Williams Drutt Collection
Object number2003.272.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
Ll 20 Public Corridor
Exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History"Gijs Bakker," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, November 1–30, 1991.
"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–June 27, 2004.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Callas' 1991; GBakker; 2/3" in script, written on back
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