Betsy King
"Trouble in Paradise" Brooch

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Artist Betsy KingAmerican, born 1953

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Trouble in Paradise" Brooch

Date1989

MediumSterling silver, brass, photograph, copper, Plexiglas, and plastic

DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 5/8 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 9.2 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.3850

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 1994; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Helen Drutt Gallery: Fifteen Years 1974-1989," Helen Drutt Gallery, New York and Philadelphia, January 28–February 25, 1989.

"Betsy King," Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, November 1–December 9, 1989.

"Contemporary American Jewelry Exhibition," Helen Drutt Gallery, 1989.

"Schmuckszene '90," Munich, March, 1990.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

"BK 89" etched on back near clasp.

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