Pierre Cavalan
"Pigs Might Fly" Brooch

"Pigs Might Fly" Brooch

© Pierre Cavalan

"Pigs Might Fly" Brooch
"Pigs Might Fly" Brooch
ArtistFrench, born 1954, active Australia
CultureFrench
Titles
  • "Pigs Might Fly" Brooch
Date1991
Made inSydney, Australia
MediumSilver, imitation stones, and found objects
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 5 × 1/2 in. (21.6 × 12.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3672
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Pierre Cavalan: Raison D'Etre," Sydney University, 1991.

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"1991 PIERRE CAVALAN" stamped on back near clasp.

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