Gijs Bakker
"Gullit + Richardson" Brooch

"Gullit + Richardson" Brooch

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"Gullit + Richardson" Brooch
"Gullit + Richardson" Brooch
ArtistDutch, born 1942
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Gullit + Richardson" Brooch
Date1986
MediumYellow gold 585, moonstone, newsprint, and PVC
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 3 5/8 × 1/2 in. (13.3 × 9.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2002.3599
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Gijs Bakker: A Selected Retrospective," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, March 2–April 7, 2002

"The Thinking Body," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, June 26–September 7, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated verso in black ink: Gijs Bakker 1986
Two small stamps (one a rectangular shape, other with rounded edges) in metal backing of jewel
Gijs Bakker: Responsibility mark GB, standard mark executed by Tobias van Roojen

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