Pavel Opocenský
Brooch

Brooch
Brooch
Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born Canada, 1929
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Brooch
Date1990
MediumColorCore and ink
DimensionsOverall: 1/4 × 4 in. (0.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2002.3998
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–June 27, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Interlocking "O" and "P" maker's mark stamped on back near clasp.

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