Carlier Makigawa
Brooch

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© Carlier Makigawa

Brooch
Brooch
ArtistAustralian, born 1952
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • Brooch
Date1993
MediumMonel, sterling silver, and 18k gold
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 1 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (12.7 × 4.8 × 3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3939
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 1994; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Carlier Makigawa," Galerie Ra, Amsterdam; Helen Drutt: Philadelphia; Sherman Gallery, Sydney, 1993-1994.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeir, 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.
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1997
Sterling silver and Monel
2005.2139
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Stainless steel, papier-mâché, and 18k gold
2002.3940
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Papier-mâché, stainless steel, sterling silver, fine silver, balsa wood, and graphite
2002.3936
photographed by Conservation following 2006 treatment
1890–1910
Earthenware with slip
44.8
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1983
Mild steel, pebble, brass, lacquered copper wire, and leather
2002.3935
"Burning Building"  Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Stainless steel, papier-mâché, lacquer, graphite, 23k gold leaf, and silver
2002.3938
Brooch
Suzan Rezac
1983
18k gold and sterling silver
2002.4051
Tourmalinated Crystal II
Eleanor H. Moty
1987
Sterling silver, 18k gold, and tourmalinated quartz crystal
2002.3974
Brooch
Carlier Makigawa
1989
9k gold, stainless steel, fine silver wire, and papier-mâché
2002.3937
Brooch
Louis Mueller
1983
Sterling silver and 18k gold
2002.3977
Purse
c. 1870
Silk velvet and steel beads
95.148
front of object
1–700 AD
Gold
2010.1042