Artist
Michael BeckerGerman, born 1958
CultureGerman
Titles
- "Barcelona I" Brooch
Date1988
Made inGermany
Medium750 gold and hematite
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3620
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Michael Becker: Works on Architecture," Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, March 3–April 4, 1990.
Studio Ton Berends, The Hague, April 14–May 19, 1990.
"Kunstrai Amsterdam," Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, May 30–June 4, 1990.
Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, November, 1990.
"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.
"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.
"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 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
"750 MB88" in a square, stamped on back near clasp.
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
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Bernhard Schobinger
1999
750 white and yellow gold, glass, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and diamonds
2002.4067.A,.B
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Bernhard Schobinger
1990
Amethyst, rose quartz, hematite, and copper
2002.4063
Maurice Miller
1958, printed later
Gelatin silver print
98.131
