Manfred Bischoff
"Guerilla" Brooch

"Guerilla" Brooch

© Manfred Bischoff

"Guerilla" Brooch
"Guerilla" Brooch
ArtistGerman, 1947–2015
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Guerilla" Brooch
Date1988
PlaceGermany
MediumGold-plated silver and coral
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in. (8.6 × 12.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3633
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Tragezezeichen," Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, 1987.

"Munich 88: Seven Contemporary Goldsmiths," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, September 16–October 29, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"MB 88" etched on back near clasp.

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