Gerd Rothmann
"Kaugummikette" [Chewing Gum Chain] Necklace

"Kaugummikette" [Chewing Gum Chain] Necklace

© Gerd Rothmann

"Kaugummikette" [Chewing Gum Chain] Necklace
"Kaugummikette" [Chewing Gum Chain] Necklace
ArtistGerman, born 1941
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Kaugummikette" [Chewing Gum Chain] Necklace
Date1991
MediumGold-plated silver
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 3/4 × 3/8 in. (45.7 × 1.9 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4053
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Of Magic, Power & Memory: Contemporary International Jewelry," Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, April 25–May 31, 1992.

"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.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Kaugummikette" printed on the top of the box.

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