Artist
Pierre Cavalan(French, born 1954, active Australia)French, born 1954, active Australia
CultureFrench
Titles
- "Order of Darwin" Brooch
Date1992
MediumEnamel badges and found objects
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 1/2 in. (14.9 × 7.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3671
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.
"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.
"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–Feburary 8, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"1992" stamped on back near clasp. "PIERRE CAVALAN" stamped on clasp.
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