Artist
Bruce MetcalfAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- "Wood Pin #7" Brooch
Date1987
Medium23k gold leaf, maple, and padouk
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 3 × 3/4 in. (12.1 × 7.6 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3961
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"American Figurative Jewelry," VO Gallery, Washington, January, 1987.
"New Faces," Artwear, New York, June, 1987.
"Fine Art Jewelry in America," Cross Creek Gallery, Malibu, California.
"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"METCALF '87" written on back of brooch in brown ink.
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Bruce Metcalf
1992
Maple, cherry, oak, walnut, pine, rosewood, cork, glass eye, plastic teeth, tagua nut, brass, cord, 23k gold leaf, and paint
2002.3963
Bruce Metcalf
1996
23k gold leaf, paint, maple, brass, copper, Micarta, and steel
2002.3965.A,.B
Carlier Makigawa
1989
Stainless steel, papier-mâché, lacquer, graphite, 23k gold leaf, and silver
2002.3938
Bruce Metcalf
1976
Brass, copper, acrylic, Delrin, enamel, and Plexiglas
2002.3954
Bruce Metcalf
1977
Silver, Plexiglas, brass, pen and ink, paint, and commercial chain
2002.3955.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
Bruce Metcalf
1988
Sterling silver, paint, and firebrick
2002.3966