Artist
Eleanor H. Moty (American, born 1945)American, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Tourmalinated Crystal II
Date1987
MediumSterling silver, 18k gold, and tourmalinated quartz crystal
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3974
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Eleanor Moty," Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego, 1987.
"National Invitational Jewelry Exhibition," University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1987.
"Eleanor Moty, Jewelry," Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, February 19–March 19, 1988.
"Jewelry Exhibition," Jacksonville Art Museum, Florida, 1988.
"Eloquent Resolutions," Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, 1989.
"Inaugural Exhibition," ARTspace, Kohler, Wisconsin, 1989.
"Focus on American Metal," The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1990.
"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.
"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"MOTY '87 / Sterling / 18K" is engraved on the back of the brooch, near the clasp.
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