Artist
Gijs Bakker(Dutch, born 1942)Dutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
- "Pforzheim 1780" Neckpiece
Date1985
MediumPVC and color photo print
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 14 1/4 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 36.2 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2002.3593
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Gijs Bakker: Holes Project," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, October, 1994.
"Gijs Bakker: A Selected Retrospective," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, March 2–April 7, 2002.
"Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, September 24, 2011–January 15, 2012; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, February 25–June 3, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Pforzheim / 1780" and "G Bakker / 1985 / 1 of 4" written on back of necklace in black ink.
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Gijs Bakker
1990
PVC, print, gilded brass, 18k gold, and Plexiglas
2002.3607.1-.3
