Marta Breis
Brooch

Brooch

© Marta Nogueras Breis

Brooch
Brooch
ArtistSpanish, 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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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; given to MFAH, 2003.
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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