Marta Breis
Earring

Earring

© Marta Nogueras Breis

Earring
Earring
ArtistSpanish, born 1953
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Earring
Datec. 1983
Made inBarcelona, Spain
MediumSilver, copper, steel, and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 in. (12.7 × 19.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2003.925
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"M. Breis" etched on verso.

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Brooch
Marta Breis
1983
Silver, copper, steel, and cotton
2003.924
Bracelet
Marta Breis
1983
Silver, steel, and cotton
2002.3645
Necklace
Marta Breis
1983
Silver, copper, steel, and cotton
2002.3644
Brooch
Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3647
Brooch
Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3646
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1983
Mild steel, pebble, brass, lacquered copper wire, and leather
2002.3935
Knotted Heart Brooch #1
Robin Quigley
1977
Sterling silver, gold leaf, copper, acrylic, and epoxy resin
2002.4023
Brooch
David Walker
no date
Copper and steel
2002.4174
Fossil Brooch
Märta Mattsson
2012
Cicadas, glitter, crushed copper ore, silver, and resin
2016.121
"Thumbtack Pin" Brooches
Otto Künzli
1980
Rubber, steel, and plastic
2002.3888.A-.DD
Overall.
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
2024.284.A,.B
Handbag
Neiman-Marcus
1920–1929
Cotton, silk, and metal
2000.497.A,.B