Robin Kranitzky
"Thorax" Brooch #1533

"Thorax" Brooch #1533

© Robin Kranitzky & Kim Overstreet

"Thorax" Brooch #1533
"Thorax" Brooch #1533
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Thorax" Brooch #1533
Date1990
Made inRichmond, Virginia, United States
MediumSilver, copper, brass, glass stones, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (5.7 × 7 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3877
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistorySusan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 1990.

"Smithsonian Craft Show," Washington, 1991.

"Of Magic, Power & Memory: Contemporary International Jewelry," Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, April 25–May 31, 1992.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Kim Overstreet...#1533...1990...Robin Kranitzky" written on back near edge in black ink.

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