Artist
Marta BreisSpanish, born 1953
CultureSpanish
Titles
- Necklace
Date1983
Made inBarcelona, Spain
MediumSilver, copper, steel, and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 15 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (33 × 39.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Costume Institute Founders' Fund, by exchange
Object number2002.3644
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.
"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"BREIS" ectched on back of metal where floss is mounted
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3647
Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3646
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
Bernhard Schobinger
1994
Tin, quartz, iron, gold, copper wire, metal sheet from steel, paint, and ink
2002.4065
Margaret West
1984
Granite, blackened steel, and stainless steel
2002.3726
Nancy Worden
1999
Copper, silver, brass, plastic, horn, sand, and Pyrex
2002.3656