Artist
Ramón Puig CuyàsSpanish, 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 DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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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