Margaret West
"Splash" Brooch

"Splash" Brooch

© Margaret West

"Splash" Brooch
"Splash" Brooch
ArtistAustralian, 1936–2014
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • "Splash" Brooch
Date1999
Made inSydney, Australia
MediumStone, paint, and sterling silver
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 2 × 3/4 in. (3.8 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4188
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryHelen Drutt: Philadelphia, 1999.

"Margaret West: Contemporary Jewelry," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, March 17–April 17, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"MW / 99" painted in red on back near clasp.

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