Judy Onofrio
"Jefferson" Brooch

"Jefferson" Brooch

© Judy Onofrio

"Jefferson" Brooch
"Jefferson" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Jefferson" Brooch
Date2000
Made inRochester, Minnesota, United States
MediumRecycled costume jewelry, tin, glass, and filigree
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 4 × 1 1/4 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3992
Non exposé

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ProvenanceCommissioned for Madeline Albright, 2000; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Judy Onofrio / 2000" etched on back near clasp.

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