Warwick Freeman
"Paua Bead and Star" Necklace

"Paua Bead and Star" Necklace

© Warwick Freeman

"Paua Bead and Star" Necklace
"Paua Bead and Star" Necklace
ArtistNew Zealander, born 1953
CultureNew Zealander
Titles
  • "Paua Bead and Star" Necklace
Date1989
Made inDevonport, New Zealand
MediumAbalone (Paua)
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1 in. (39.4 × 14 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3746
Not on view

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Provenance[Galerie RA, Amsterdam, 1990]; Helen Williams Drutt; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Share of Sky: Warwick Freeman," Galerie RA, Amsterdam, 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.

"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
"WF: scratched on one star

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