Artist
Stanley LechtzinAmerican, born 1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Brooch 57-C
Date1969
MediumSilver-gilt, quartz, and watermelon tourmaline quartz
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 3 7/8 × 2 in. (12.7 × 9.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3906
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Stanley Lechtzin," Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, 1969.
"Craftsmen '70 Invited Section," Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, 1970.
"Collection of Modern Jewelry," Nan Duskin, Philadelphia, 1970.
"Gold + Silver + Schmuck + Gerat," Nuremburg, Germany, 1970–1971.
"Stanley Lectzin," Goldsmith's Hall, London, 1973.
"Stanley Lechtzin," Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1973.
"Stanley Lechtzin," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, 1974.
"The 1984 Hazlett Memorial Awards Exhibition for the Visual Arts," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, May 12–June 20, 1984; William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, June 30–August 9, 1984; University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, August 26–September 23, 1984.
"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.
"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
"STERLING / LECHTZIN" stamped on plate on back near clasp.
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Albert Paley
1971
14k gold, sterling silver, delrin, tourmaline, synthetic sapphires, and copper alloy
2002.4001
Eleanor H. Moty
1987
Sterling silver, 18k gold, and tourmalinated quartz crystal
2002.3974