Robin Kranitzky
"Threshold" Brooch #1569

"Threshold" Brooch #1569

© Robin Kranitzky &Kim Overstreet

"Threshold" Brooch #1569
"Threshold" Brooch #1569
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Threshold" Brooch #1569
Date1991
Made inRichmond, Virginia, United States
MediumCopper, micarta, polymer clay, wood putty, lead foil, silver, Mylar, postcard fragments, found objects, and balsa
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 2 7/8 × 3/4 in. (9.2 × 7.3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation
Object number2002.3878
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistorySusan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 1991.

"Smithsonian Craft Show," Washington, 1991.

"Richmond Craft and Design Show," Virginia, 1992.

Palmer-Rae Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia, 1992.

"Of Magic, Power & Memory: Contemporary International Jewelry, " Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, April 25–May 31, 1992.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Kim Overstreet....1991....#1569....Robin Kranitzky" written in black ink on back along edge.

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