Artist
Bruno Martinazzi (Italian, 1923–2018)Italian, 1923–2018
CultureItalian
Titles
- "Aquila" Brooch
Date1990
Medium20k yellow gold, 18k pink gold, and marble
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/2in. (2.9 × 3.2 × 1.3cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3944
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Bruno Martinazzi" Torsten Bröhan Gallery, Dusseldorf.
"Martinazzi - Sculptor" Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, 1990.
"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.
"Bruno Martinazzi: Gioielle 1958-1997," Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany, January 7, 1997–[unknown]; Goldscmiedehaus Hanau, Germany, January 23–March 22, 1998; Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, April 23–June 6, 1998; Museo Degli Eremitani, Padova, Italy, [unknown].
"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 16, 2003–February 29, 2004.
"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.
“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, June 27–September 13, 2009.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"MARTINAZZI" is etched on the back of the piece in the lower right corner
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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