Bruce Metcalf
"Figure Pin #132" Brooch

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Artist Bruce Metcalf (American, born 1949)American, born 1949

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Figure Pin #132" Brooch

Date1996

Medium23k gold leaf, paint, maple, brass, copper, Micarta, and steel

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (11.1 × 12.4 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the estate of Jack T. McCann

Object number2002.3965.A,.B

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Bruce Metcalf," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, October 29–November 29, 1997.

"Subjects: Narratives," Design Museum, Helsinki, September, 1998.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–June 27, 2004.

"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

.A, Brooch: "Metcalf / '96" on back near clasp in green ink.
.B, Stand: "#119" and a figure on bottom in black marker.

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