Bruce Metcalf
"Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand

"Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand

© Bruce Metcalf

"Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand
"Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand
ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand
Date1978
MediumBrass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 1 in. (23.5 × 14.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecom, Jr. by exchange
Object number2002.3956.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Bruce Metcalf," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, September, 1979.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"B. METCALF 1978" etched on back near clasp.

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