Nancy Worden
"Conventional Weapons" Necklace

"Conventional Weapons" Necklace

© The Estate of Nancy Worden

"Conventional Weapons" Necklace
"Conventional Weapons" Necklace
ArtistAmerican, 1954–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Conventional Weapons" Necklace
Date1997
Made inSeattle, Washington, United States
MediumSilver, brass, copper, onyx, glass, vintage plastics, leather, and paper
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 8 1/4 × 3/4 in. (38.1 × 21 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3657
Non exposé

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Provenance[Travor Sutton Gallery, Seattle]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Nancy Worden: Armed and Dangerous," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Spring 1998.

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"WORDEN / STERLING / 1997" stamped on back of clasp.

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