Bruce Metcalf
"Three Naked Ladies" Brooch

"Three Naked Ladies" Brooch

© Bruce Metcalf

"Three Naked Ladies" Brooch
"Three Naked Ladies" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Three Naked Ladies" Brooch
Date1975
MediumCommercial white metal castings, Plexiglas, silver, and stainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 11/16 in. (7.3 × 6.4 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3953
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"19th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, November 9–30, 1975.

"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.

"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
"MONTE / VACUUM / 1975" etched on back near clasp.

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