Klaus Arck
"Fermall" Brooch

"Fermall" Brooch
"Fermall" Brooch
"Fermall" Brooch
ArtistGerman, born 1956
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Fermall" Brooch
Date1985
MediumPaper and wood
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 5 × 1 in. (5.1 × 12.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2002.3584
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 1987; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"BEA / 52 Arck '84" in marker on back
Dates written on each bar in marker "B512 5912"

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