Joyce J. Scott
"Nightlights" Necklace

"Nightlights" Necklace

© Joyce J. Scott

"Nightlights" Necklace
"Nightlights" Necklace
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Nightlights" Necklace
Date1989
MediumGlass beads, thread, fabric, and leather
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 in. (24.1 × 24.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.4076
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEsther Saxs; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"Houston Collects: African American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.

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