Jamie Bennett
"Black Petrossa" Brooch

"Black Petrossa" Brooch

© Jamie Bennett

"Black Petrossa" Brooch
"Black Petrossa" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Black Petrossa" Brooch
Date1991
MediumEnamel, copper, and 20k gold
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 5 × 3/4 in. (1.9 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3624
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Facet I: Internationale sieradenbiennale [International Jewelry Biennale]," Kunsthal Rotterdam, January 5–April 7, 1993.

"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
"Bennett" stamped on back near clasp.

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