Gijs Bakker
"Botticelli Project" Neckpiece

"Botticelli Project" Neckpiece

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"Botticelli Project" Neckpiece
"Botticelli Project" Neckpiece
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Botticelli Project" Neckpiece
Date1990
MediumPVC, print, gilded brass, 18k gold, and Plexiglas
Dimensions(.1): 11 3/4 × 12 1/16 × 5/16 in. (29.8 × 30.6 × 0.8 cm)
(.2): 13 1/2 × 11 15/16 × 3/8 in. (34.3 × 30.3 × 1 cm)
(.3): 11 1/8 × 12 5/8 × 5/16 in. (28.3 × 32.1 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3607.1-.3
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"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.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 29–June 27, 2004.

"Eighth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art," Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, June 2–5, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"G Bakker 1990" written on back of the laminated photograph in black ink.
"GIJS BAKKER" stamped into metal

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