William Harper
"Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch

"Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch

© William Harper

"Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch
"Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch
Date1977
Medium14 and 18k gold, silver, fresh and saltwater pearls, snake rattle, shell, cloisonné enamel, and copper
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 3 × 1 in. (14.3 × 7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3799
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"William Harper: Recent Works in Enamel," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 1977–1978.

"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.

"William Harper: Artist as Alchemist," Orlando Museum of Art, November 4–December 10, 1989; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustimuseum, Trondheim, Norway, January 8–February 11, 1990; Kunstverein, Coburg, West Germany, March 5–April 8, 1990; Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, West Germany, April 30–June 3, 1990; L'Art de L'Email, Limoges, France, July 1–August 31, 1990; American Craft Museum, New York, October 5,1990–January 6, 1991; Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, January 21–February 24, 1991; Arkansas Art Museum, Little Rock, March 18–April 21, 1991; Oklahoma City Art Museum, May 13–June 16, 1991.

"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.

"William Harper: Contemporary Jewelry," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, November 8–December 2, 1978.

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