Artist
Gijs BakkerDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
- "Newspaper" Neckpiece
Date1986
MediumPVC and newsprint
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 19 × 1/16 in. (50.8 × 48.3 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3597
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"GB 86" etched on back of the inner curl's edge.
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Gijs Bakker
1990
PVC, print, gilded brass, 18k gold, and Plexiglas
2002.3607.1-.3
