Eleanor H. Moty
Box Bracelet

Box Bracelet

© Eleanor H. Moty

Box Bracelet
Box Bracelet
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Box Bracelet
Date1969
Medium14k gold, sterling silver, and phantom quartz
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (8.3 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Art Colony Association, Inc.
Object number2002.3972
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"MFA Thesis Exhibition," Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1971.

Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"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.

"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 16, 2003–February 29, 2004.

"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
"MOTY STERLING 14k" stamped on inside of clasp.

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1993
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1990
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"Cameo" Brooch
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1970
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2002.3973
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1993
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1983
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c. 2000
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1992
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1968
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1967
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