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Ornament as art : avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Title
Ornament as art : avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Cindi Strauss ; with an essay by Helen Williams Drutt English and contributions by Keelin M. Burrows, Kristen Wetzel.
Author
Strauss, Cindi.
Publication
Stuttgart, Germany : Arnoldsche Art Publishers in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Drutt, Helen Williams.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Description
528 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 32 cm.
Summary
"Presents 800 jewelry objects and drawings from 1960 through 2006 by more than 170 international jewelry artists in the Helen Williams Drutt Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Includes essays about Minimalist and Conceptual influences and the history behind the collection, a chronology, and artist biographies"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A brief history of contemporary jewelry, 1960-2006 / by Cindi Strauss -- A golden age of goldsmithing: four decades / by Helen Williams Drutt English -- Minimalist and conceptual tendencies in the Helen Williams Drutt collection / by Cindi Strauss -- Q&a with Helen Williams Drutt English / conducted by Cindi Strauss.
Call Number
JQG 07-1113
ISBN
  • 9783897902732
  • 3897902737
LCCN
2007029886
OCLC
162501919
Author
Strauss, Cindi.
Title
Ornament as art : avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Cindi Strauss ; with an essay by Helen Williams Drutt English and contributions by Keelin M. Burrows, Kristen Wetzel.
Imprint
Stuttgart, Germany : Arnoldsche Art Publishers in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Drutt, Helen Williams.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Research Call Number
JQG 07-1113
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