Judy Onofrio
"Jefferson" Brooch

"Jefferson" Brooch

© Judy Onofrio

"Jefferson" Brooch
"Jefferson" Brooch
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Jefferson" Brooch
Date2000
Made inRochester, Minnesota, United States
MediumRecycled costume jewelry, tin, glass, and filigree
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 4 × 1 1/4 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3992
Not on view

Explore Further

ProvenanceCommissioned for Madeline Albright, 2000; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Judy Onofrio / 2000" etched on back near clasp.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Brooch
Judy Onofrio
1989
Recycled costume jewelry, shell, brass, and filigree
2002.3990
"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"  Brooch
Judy Onofrio
1989
Recycled costume jewelry, celluloid monkeys, and filigree
2002.3991
Woman with Large Flower
Judy Onofrio
1995
Wood, glass, shell, printed tin, glass beads, mirror, and chain
2004.1971
"Immigrants" Brooch
Esther Knobel
1991
Nickel, silver, recycled tin can, alloy, and elastic rubber band
2002.3862
Bracelet
Judy Onofrio
1993
Seed beads and glass beads
2002.3994
Bracelet
Judy Onofrio
2015
Glass seed beads, wire, cement, and agate
2017.374
Bracelet
Judy Onofrio
1994
Seed beads and glass beads
2002.3993
"Exkrement-Festoon" Necklace
Sophie Hanagarth
1999
Recycled tin can and ihex cable
2002.3798
"Pigs Might Fly" Brooch
Pierre Cavalan
1991
Silver, imitation stones, and found objects
2002.3672
"Fin de Siècle" Brooch
Pierre Cavalan
1995
Found objects, enamel, and mixed media
2002.3674.2
Pendant with Cockatoos
c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
2006.531
Untitled Brooch
Janna Syvänoja
c. 1995
Recycled paper and steelwire
2009.1654