Artist
Eva Eisler(Czech, born 1952)Czech, born 1952
CultureCzech
Titles
- Brooch
- from the Tension Series
Date1991
Made inNew York, New York, United States
MediumSterling silver and stainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 5 × 1 in. (3.8 × 12.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.3738
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Eva Eisler," Avery Hall, School of Architecture at Columbia University, New York, 1992.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Eisler 1991" etched on back
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