Bernhard Schobinger
"Edelstein mit Stacheldraht" [Jewels with Barbed Wire] Necklace

"Edelstein mit Stacheldraht" [Jewels with Barbed Wire] Necklace

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"Edelstein mit Stacheldraht" [Jewels with Barbed Wire] Necklace
"Edelstein mit Stacheldraht" [Jewels with Barbed Wire] Necklace
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • "Edelstein mit Stacheldraht" [Jewels with Barbed Wire] Necklace
Date1990
MediumAmethyst, rose quartz, hematite, and copper
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (27.9 × 13.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4063
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 16, 2003–February 29, 2004.

"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

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Necklace
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Overall.
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