Gijs Bakker
"Torn Gold" Neckpiece

"Torn Gold" Neckpiece

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"Torn Gold" Neckpiece
"Torn Gold" Neckpiece
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Torn Gold" Neckpiece
Date1986
MediumPVC and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 12 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 30.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3596
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Gijs Bakker: Vormgever," Helen Drutt Gallery, New York. December 7, 1989–January 7, 1990.

"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"GB 86" etched on back at edge

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