Artist
William HarperAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Pagan Baby #4: The Serpent" Brooch
Date1977
Medium14 and 18k gold, silver, fresh and saltwater pearls, snake rattle, shell, cloisonné enamel, and copper
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 3 × 1 in. (14.3 × 7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3799
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"William Harper: Recent Works in Enamel," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 1977–1978.
"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.
"William Harper: Artist as Alchemist," Orlando Museum of Art, November 4–December 10, 1989; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustimuseum, Trondheim, Norway, January 8–February 11, 1990; Kunstverein, Coburg, West Germany, March 5–April 8, 1990; Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, West Germany, April 30–June 3, 1990; L'Art de L'Email, Limoges, France, July 1–August 31, 1990; American Craft Museum, New York, October 5,1990–January 6, 1991; Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, January 21–February 24, 1991; Arkansas Art Museum, Little Rock, March 18–April 21, 1991; Oklahoma City Art Museum, May 13–June 16, 1991.
"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.
"William Harper: Contemporary Jewelry," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, November 8–December 2, 1978.
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William Harper
1978
14k and 24k gold, silver, bronze, scarab shell, pearls, bone, glass, cloisonné enamel, fine gold, and fine silver
2002.3801
William Harper
1977
14k, 18k, and 24k gold, silver, shell, freshwater pearl, cloisonné enamel, and fine silver
2002.3800
William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, jade, agate, baroque pearls, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3802
Unknown
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
William Harper
1979
14k gold, silver, baroque pearl, pearl, cloisonné enamel, and copper
2002.3803
Unknown English
Late 18th century
Ivory, gold mounted with turquoise, seed pearls
94.987.A,.B
