Artist
Dorothea Prühl(German, born 1937)German, born 1937
CultureGerman
Titles
- "Treppe"
- "Stairs"
Date1998
Made inAugustenberg, Germany
MediumCherry
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 7 × 1 3/4 in. (45.7 × 17.8 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2006.654.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"A View By Two: Contemporary Jewelry," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 2–April 15, 2001.
"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
No visible signature or marks
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James Frederick Woell
1968
Steel end of a soda-pop can, gold leaf, paint, bottle glass, photograph, glass mirror, and Japanese gold
Template for mount in accession file.
2002.3609
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1974
18 and 24k gold, sterling silver, amine-catalized resin, and ivory
2002.3774
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
Sterling silver, 24k gold, ivory, and pink tourmaline
2002.3781
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
18k gold, mother-of-pearl, ivory, diamond, and Lucite
2002.3780
