Ramón Puig Cuyàs
"Idea" Brooch

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Artist Ramón Puig Cuyàs (Spanish, born 1953)Spanish, born 1953

CultureSpanish

Titles

"Idea" Brooch

Date1996

Made inBarcelona, Spain

MediumSilver, nickel-silver, acrylic paint, and ColorCore

DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 in. (6.7 × 6.4 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.3697.A-.C

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Ramón Puig Cuyàs," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

"PUIG CUYAS / 1996 / "IDEA" / no. 544" written in pencil on back of box.

"PUIG / CUYAS" stamped on plate on back near clasp.

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