Gijs Bakker
"Sonor" Brooch

"Sonor" Brooch

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"Sonor" Brooch
"Sonor" Brooch
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Sonor" Brooch
Date1989
MediumGold, spinel, and newsprint
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 × 3 × 5/8 in. (13.7 × 7.6 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3604
Non exposé

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

"Gijs Bakker: Selected Works," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, February 7–March 3, 1990.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Sonor /GB '89" written on back of brooch in pencil.

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