Ornament as art
Subtitle: avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
By: Cindi Strauss ; with an essay by Helen Williams Drutt English and contributions by Keelin M. Burrows, Kristen Wetzel.
Contributors: Drutt, Helen Williams.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Publisher: Arnoldsche Art Publishers in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stuttgart, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9783897902732
Subjects: Drutt, Helen Williams -- Art collections -- Exhibitions; Jewelry -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Jewelry -- Private collections -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-524) and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of contemporary jewelry, 1960-2006 / by Cindi Strauss; title: A golden age of goldsmithing: four decades / by Helen Williams Drutt English; title: Minimalist and conceptual tendencies in the Helen Williams Drutt collection / by Cindi Strauss; title: Q&a with Helen Williams Drutt English / conducted by Cindi Strauss.