Jamie Bennett
"Rocaille #12" Brooch

"Rocaille #12" Brooch

© Jamie Bennett

"Rocaille #12" Brooch
"Rocaille #12" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Rocaille #12" Brooch
Date1991
MediumEnamel, copper, and 20k gold
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 5/8 in. (10.8 × 8.9 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2003.918
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Jamie Bennett: Seize Annes de Creation 1976-1992," Galerie Jocelyne Gobeil, Montreal, 1992.

"Facet I: Internationale sieradenbiënnale [International Jewelry Biennale]," Kunsthal Rotterdam, January 5–April 7, 1993.

"In Touch - Nytt Kunshandverk," Maihaugen, Lillehammer, Norway, 1994.

"Edge of the Sublime: The Jewelry and Paintings of Jamie Bennett," Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, January 19–May 4, 2008; National Ornamental Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, June 22–August 24, 2008; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York, September 27–November 19, 2008; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, December 19, 2008–February 15, 2009; Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, March 22–September 6, 2009; Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, March–June 2010.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Bennett" etched on clasp.

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