Artist
Betsy King (American, born 1953)American, 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 DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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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Betsy King
1990
Sterling silver, Plexiglas, brass, plastic, and photograph
2002.3849
Betsy King
1990
Sterling silver, copper, bronze, Plexiglas, etched brass, and photograph
2002.3851
Betsy King
1990
Brass, pearl, sterling silver, glass, plastic, postcard fragments, and water
2002.3852
Bruce Metcalf
1978
Brass, silver, copper, Plexiglas, acetate, and paint
2002.3956.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1977
Silver, Plexiglas, brass, pen and ink, paint, and commercial chain
2002.3955.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1976
Brass, copper, acrylic, Delrin, enamel, and Plexiglas
2002.3954
