Stanley Lechtzin
Brooch 90-B

Brooch 90-B

© Stanley Lechtzin

Brooch 90-B
Brooch 90-B
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brooch 90-B
Date1967
Medium14k gold, quartz, baroque pearls, and silver
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (8.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3907
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMrs. Charles Tucker; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Jewelry '67- Tendenzen," Scmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, 1967.

"Annual Cultured Pearl Jewelry Design Contest," Cultured Pearl Association of America and Japan, New York, 1967.

"American Jewelry Exhibition: Lechtzin, Matsukata, Skoogfors," Odakyu Department Store, Tokyo, April 5–17, 1968. (Reproduction).

"Distinguished Alumni Exhibition," Wayne State University, Detroit, 1968; P.C.P.C. Art Alliance, Philadelphia, 1968.

"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 16, 2003–February 29, 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.

"Objects: USA," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, September 27, 2019–January 10, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"LECHTZIN / 14K" stamped on plate on back near clasp.

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Brooch 64-B3
Stanley Lechtzin
1969
Silver-gilt, mica, and baroque pearls
2002.3913
Brooch 16-B
Stanley Lechtzin
1968
Silver-gilt and blue baroque pearl
2002.3912
Brooch 46C-1
Stanley Lechtzin
1969
Silver-gilt, mica, and pearls
2002.3909
Brooch
Albert Paley
1969
14k gold, sterling silver, and freshwater and baroque pearls
2002.4000
"Small Landscape" Pin
William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, jade, agate, baroque pearls, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3802
Brooch 57-C
Stanley Lechtzin
1969
Silver-gilt, quartz, and watermelon tourmaline quartz
2002.3906
Brooch 96-B
Stanley Lechtzin
1967
Sterling silver and rhodochrosite quartz
2002.3908
Brooch 63-B
Stanley Lechtzin
1966
Sterling silver, tourmaline crystal, and pearl
2002.3905
"Unrequited Valentine #3" Brooch
William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, baroque pearl, pearl, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3803
"Pagan Baby #12: The Green Scarab" Brooch
William Harper
1978
14k and 24k gold, silver, bronze, scarab shell, pearls, bone, glass, cloisonné enamel, fine gold, and fine silver
2002.3801
Bracelet 39-C
Stanley Lechtzin
1968
Amythest quartz and silver-gilt
2002.3911
Brooch
Olaf Skoogfors
1966
Gold-plated sterling silver, round pearls, and Biwa pearls
2002.4089