Artist
Tone VigelandNorwegian, born 1938
CultureNorwegian
Titles
- Neckpiece
Date1981
Made inOslo, Norway, Europe
MediumSteel, 14k gold, and mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 1/4 × 8 in. (0.6 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4163
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Tone Vigeland," Electrum Gallery, London, 1981.
"Tone Vigeland," Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 1981.
"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.
"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.
"The Jewelry of Tone Vigeland," Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas, Feburary 2–April 4, 1996; Musée des arts Decoratifs, Montreal, June 6–September 2, 1996; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, November 9, 1996–January 5, 1997; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 3–March 30, 1997; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, June 17–August 26, 1997.
"Tone Vigeland: Norwegian Art Jewellery," Crafts Gallery, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, November 29, 1997–March 1, 1998.
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