Artist
Bruce MetcalfAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Missing the Point" Pin
Date1979
MediumSterling silver, brass, paint, and Plexiglas
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/8 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3957
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"B. METCALF '79" is written in pencil (?) on the back near the clasp.
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James Turrell
no date
Aquatint and photo aquatint in colors [left]; Aquatint, photo aquatint and etching in colors [right], working proof
96.469
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1978
Brass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
2002.3956.A,.B
Robert Ebendorf
c. 1983-1984
Sterling silver, ivory, silk threads, 24k gold foil, silver, and Plexiglas
2010.177.A,.B