"No. 2 Please" Necklace
Artist
Laurie Hall(American, born 1944)American, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "No. 2 Please" Necklace
Date1988
Made inSeattle, Washington, United States
MediumBronze, no. 2 pencils, ColorCore, and basswood
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (40.6 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.3791
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
Ll 20 Public Corridor
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryMIA Gallery, Seattle.
"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.
"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.
Published References Cummins, Susan and Damian Skinner. North by North West: The Jewelry of Laurie Hall. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2021: 88. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"L. Hall" stamped on a plate attached to the back of the largest "2"
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