Dorothea Prühl
"Treppe"

"Treppe"
"Treppe"
"Treppe"
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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ProvenanceThe artist; [Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands]; purchased by Helen Williams Drutt English, July 26, 2001; given to MFAH, 2006.
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.
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