Bruce Metcalf
"Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch

"Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch

© Bruce Metcalf

"Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch
"Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch
Date1976
MediumBrass, copper, acrylic, Delrin, enamel, and Plexiglas
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in. (17.8 × 8.3 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3954
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, April, 1977.

"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.

"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.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Monte Vacuum" etched on back near clasp.
Back is set with two jewels.

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Brooch with Stand
Bruce Metcalf
1977
Silver, Plexiglas, brass, pen and ink, paint, and commercial chain
2002.3955.A,.B
Study for "Self Portrait with Structure and Straight Jacket" Brooch and Stand
Bruce Metcalf
1976
Graphite and ink on paper
2005.208.A,.B
"Bright Figure over a Low Bad Land" Brooch and Stand
Bruce Metcalf
1978
Brass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
2002.3956.A,.B
"Protected X" Pin and Stand
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
"Bagman" Brooch
Bruce Metcalf
1987
Sterling silver, Plexiglas, Prismacolor pencil, and Mylar
2002.3960
"Missing the Point" Pin
Bruce Metcalf
1979
Sterling silver, brass, paint, and Plexiglas
2002.3957
"Missing the Point" Pin
Bruce Metcalf
1979
Sterling silver, brass, paint, and Plexiglas
2002.3958
"Three Naked Ladies" Brooch
Bruce Metcalf
1975
Commercial white metal castings, Plexiglas, silver, and stainless steel
2002.3953
"Trouble in Paradise" Brooch
Betsy King
1989
Sterling silver, brass, photograph, copper, Plexiglas, and plastic
2002.3850
Brooch
Robert Ebendorf
1974
Silver, Plexiglas, gold-plated bronze, and baroque pearl
2002.3730
"Raised on Promises"  Brooch
Betsy King
1990
Sterling silver, copper, bronze, Plexiglas, etched brass, and photograph
2002.3851