Johanna Dahm
"Perspex" Brooch

"Perspex" Brooch
"Perspex" Brooch
"Perspex" Brooch
ArtistSwiss, born 1947
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • "Perspex" Brooch
Date1983
MediumPerspex and steel wire
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 12 3/8 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 31.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3699
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, March 5, 1994; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Jewelry International," American Craft Museum II, New York, May 25–September 1, 1984.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"DAHM" is etched on the underside
"HESS" is stamped in yellow on back near clasp.

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