Giampaolo Babetto
Brooch

Brooch

© Giampaolo Babetto

Brooch
Brooch
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Brooch
Date1992
Medium18k gold and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 2 × 3 in. (1.9 × 5.1 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3589
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Giampaolo Babetto Jewelry," Designmuseo, Helsinki, November 6, 1997–January 10, 1998.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"5/7 / Babetto / 1992" etched on back.

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