Judy Onofrio
"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" Brooch

"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"  Brooch

© Judy Onofrio

"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" Brooch
"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"  Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" Brooch
Date1989
Made inRochester, Minnesota, United States
MediumRecycled costume jewelry, celluloid monkeys, and filigree
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 3 × 1 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3991
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"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.

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 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.

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