Robin Kranitzky
"Profile of a Woman" Brooch #1681

"Profile of a Woman" Brooch #1681

© Robin Kranitzky & Kim Overstreet

"Profile of a Woman" Brooch #1681
"Profile of a Woman" Brooch #1681
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Profile of a Woman" Brooch #1681
Date1997
Made inRichmond, Virginia, United States
MediumMicarta, polymer clay, copper leaf, faux gold leaf, glass beads, brass, copper, silver, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 3 × 1 in. (11.1 × 7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3881
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright," Helen Drutt, Philadelphia, September 10–26, 1998; Museum Het Kruithuis, s'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, October 10–November 15, 1998; Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, December 3, 1998–February 7, 1999; Tarbekunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia, February 27–April 4, 1999; American Craft Museum, New York, June 3–August 8, 1999; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, September 3–November 7, 1999; Philadelphia International Airport, December 23, 1999–April 30, 2000; Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, June 4–July 30, 2000; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, August 26–November 26, 2000; Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany, December 9, 2000–February 11, 2001.

"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.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Back of the piece has a plate saying "This piece was inspired by the Honorable Madeline K. Albright 1997 #1681"
"Kim Overstreet and Robin Kranitzky" signed in pencil on verso

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