Keith A. Lewis
"Another Haruspex" Brooch

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Artist Keith A. LewisAmerican, born 1959

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Another Haruspex" Brooch

Date1995

MediumSterling silver, gold plate, liver-of-sulpher, and plastic

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (8.6 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm)

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

Object number2002.3919

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

Provenance[Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Animal Urges," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, October 2–November 4, 1995.

"Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design Chicago," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 1995.

"Torch Songs: Fifty Years of Northwest Jewelry," Tacoma Museum of Art, July 11–September 7, 1998.

"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

“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, June 27–September 13, 2009.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

"KA Lewis 1995 / 'Another Haruspex'" etched on back near clasp.

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