Artist
Stanley LechtzinAmerican, born 1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Brooch 90-B
Date1967
Medium14k gold, quartz, baroque pearls, and silver
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (8.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3907
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Jewelry '67- Tendenzen," Scmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, 1967.
"Annual Cultured Pearl Jewelry Design Contest," Cultured Pearl Association of America and Japan, New York, 1967.
"American Jewelry Exhibition: Lechtzin, Matsukata, Skoogfors," Odakyu Department Store, Tokyo, April 5–17, 1968. (Reproduction).
"Distinguished Alumni Exhibition," Wayne State University, Detroit, 1968; P.C.P.C. Art Alliance, Philadelphia, 1968.
"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.
"Beyond Ornament: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 16, 2003–February 29, 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.
"Objects: USA," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, September 27, 2019–January 10, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"LECHTZIN / 14K" stamped on plate on back near clasp.
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William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, jade, agate, baroque pearls, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3802
William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, baroque pearl, pearl, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3803
William Harper
1978
14k and 24k gold, silver, bronze, scarab shell, pearls, bone, glass, cloisonné enamel, fine gold, and fine silver
2002.3801
