Artist
Marta Breis(Spanish, born 1953)Spanish, born 1953
CultureSpanish
Titles
- Brooch
Date1983
Made inBarcelona, Spain
MediumSilver, copper, steel, and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 8 1/2 × 2 in. (12.7 × 21.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2003.924
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"M. Breis" etched on verso.
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Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3647
Marta Breis
1989
Plastics, copper alloy, steel, thread, natural silk, paint, and bamboo
2002.3646
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss
Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
2024.284.A,.B
Betsy King
1989
Sterling silver, brass, photograph, copper, Plexiglas, and plastic
2002.3850
Bernhard Schobinger
1994
Tin, quartz, iron, gold, copper wire, metal sheet from steel, paint, and ink
2002.4065
