Arline Fisch
Helen's Hat

Helen's Hat

© Arline Fisch

Helen's Hat
Helen's Hat
ArtistAmerican, 1931–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Helen's Hat
Date1985
Made inSan Diego, California, United States
MediumCopper wire
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (13.3 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2002.3743.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; given to Helen Williams Drutt English, 1993; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Arline Fisch," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, June 8–July 12, 1985

"Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion," Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, May 14–October 30, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inside lid of hat box in purple ink and script by artist: "To Helen / with love from / Arline / Arline M. Fisch 3/93"

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Collar
Arline Fisch
1983
Copper wire
2002.3740
Necklace
Arline Fisch
1985–1986
Fine silver, 18k gold, and sterling silver
2002.3742
Necklace
Arline Fisch
1985
Fine silver, 18k gold, and sterling silver
2002.3741
Brooch with Separate Pin
Arline Fisch
1982
Anodized aluminum and titanium
2005.2138.A,.B
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1983
Mild steel, pebble, brass, lacquered copper wire, and leather
2002.3935
Necklace
Bernhard Schobinger
1994
Tin, quartz, iron, gold, copper wire, metal sheet from steel, paint, and ink
2002.4065
Hat Pin
Peter Skubic
1990
Iron wire, plastic, and stone
2002.4102
Hat Pin with Rose Bud
Debra Rapoport
1993
Cloth, netting, latex paint, wire, and faux flower bud
2002.4041
"Protected X" Pin and Stand
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Bewegte Linie (Moving Line)
Johanna Dahm
Designed 1983, made 1992
Anodized aluminium, steel wire, and wood
2002.3698.A-.H
Pulcino
Alessandro Pianon
1960–1962
Glass and copper wire
2006.1358
Jacket
Karl Lagerfeld
1984–1985
Polyester, rayon lining, bugle beads, sequins, seed beads, paste gems, metallic embroidery thread, and metallic coil
2000.500