Warwick Freeman
"Star Heart" Brooch

"Star Heart" Brooch

© Warwick Freeman

"Star Heart" Brooch
"Star Heart" Brooch
ArtistNew Zealander, born 1953
CultureNew Zealander
Titles
  • "Star Heart" Brooch
Date1989
Made inDevonport, New Zealand
MediumAbalone, volcanic rock, silver, gold, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3749
Non exposé

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Provenance[Galerie RA, Amsterdam, 1990]; Helen Williams Drutt; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Share of Sky: Warwick Freeman," Galerie RA, Amsterdam, 1990.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"W.F." etched on back of star.

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