Artist
Carlier MakigawaAustralian, 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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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Carlier Makigawa
1989
Papier-mâché, stainless steel, sterling silver, fine silver, balsa wood, and graphite
2002.3936
Unknown North American
1890–1910
Earthenware with slip
44.8
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Stainless steel, papier-mâché, lacquer, graphite, 23k gold leaf, and silver
2002.3938
Eleanor H. Moty
1987
Sterling silver, 18k gold, and tourmalinated quartz crystal
2002.3974
