Pierre Cavalan
"Canberra" Brooch

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Artist Pierre CavalanFrench, born 1954, active Australia

CultureFrench

Titles

"Canberra" Brooch

Date1990

Made inSydney, Australia

MediumSilver, imitation stones, enamel, and found objects

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 3 × 1/2 in. (15.9 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.3669

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, Australia]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Pierre Cavalan," Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, 1990.

"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"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

"PIERRE CAVALAN" stamped on back on clasp. "Japan" stamped on back of Canberra plaques.

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