Tanya Crane
Crème de Violette Brooch

Front overall
Crème de Violette Brooch
Front overall
ArtistAmerican, born 1974
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Crème de Violette Brooch
Date2020
MediumCopper, enamel, sterling silver, cholla bark, and steel
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/16 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (20.8 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineEnamel Arts Foundation Collection, gift of the Enamel Arts Foundation
Object number2022.378
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view

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ProvenanceThe artist, November 30, 2020; Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angeles; given to MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition History"Terra Infirma." Bucharest, Romania: Romanian Jewelry Week. September 22 - 27, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Interior of cylinder on right: TC
Interior of cylinder on right: TC
Catalogue raisonnéNA

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