William Harper
"Pagan Baby #12: The Green Scarab" Brooch

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Artist William HarperAmerican, born 1944

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Pagan Baby #12: The Green Scarab" Brooch

Date1978

Medium14k and 24k gold, silver, bronze, scarab shell, pearls, bone, glass, cloisonné enamel, fine gold, and fine silver

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (9.8 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.3801

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Edward Bruggeman; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased and MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"William Harper: Recent Works in Enamel," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 1977–1978.

"William Harper: Contemporary Jewelry," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, November 8–December 2, 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.

"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

Printed paper label on verso: "59"

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