Birgit Laken
"Gaatjesbroche" (Perforated Brooch)

"Gaatjesbroche" (Perforated Brooch)

© Birgit Laken

"Gaatjesbroche" (Perforated Brooch)
"Gaatjesbroche" (Perforated Brooch)
ArtistDutch, born 1948
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Gaatjesbroche" (Perforated Brooch)
Date1986
Made inHaarlem, Netherlands, Europe
MediumSteel
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 4 1/2 × 1/8 in. (12.7 × 11.4 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3899
Non exposé

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Provenance[Galerie Ra, Amsterdam]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.

"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.

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