Robert Smit
"Bello’s Sister with Black Hat" Brooch

"Bello’s Sister with Black Hat" Brooch

© Robert Smit

"Bello’s Sister with Black Hat" Brooch
"Bello’s Sister with Black Hat" Brooch
ArtistDutch, born 1941
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Bello’s Sister with Black Hat" Brooch
Date1993
MediumGold, paint, and metal
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in. (14.3 × 7.9 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4106
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Robert Smit Bijoux," Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, 1994.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–June 27, 2004.

"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
"750 900" and a makers mark are stamped on back near clasp.

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