Artist
Richard MawdsleyAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Headdress #5
Date1984
Medium18k gold, titanium, and garnet
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 4 1/2 × 5/8 in. (38.1 × 11.4 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3952
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Masterworks of Contemporary American Jewelry: Sources and Concepts," Victoria and Albert Museum, London; State University of New York, New Paltz, 1985.
"Helmets and Headgear," National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, 1987.
"The Eloquent Object," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, September 20, 1987–January 3, 1988; Oakland Museum, California, February 20–May 15, 1988; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 6–August 26, 1988; Chicago Public Library Culture Center, October 1–December 30, 1988; Orlando Museum of Art, March 19–May 14, 1989; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, May 27–August 20, 1989; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, October 21–December 17, 1989; Crafts Gallery, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, January 5–December 17, 1990.
"Richard Mawdsley," Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15–May 30, 1993.
"New Traditions 1993," Worcester Center for Crafts, Massachusetts, January 25–February 27, 1993.
"National Objects Invitational," Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, May 2–June 30, 1993.
"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.
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18k gold, sterling silver, titanium, slate, and nickel
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