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

Strauss, Cindi. (Author). Drutt, Helen Williams (Added Author). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Added Author).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 9783897902732 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 3897902737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
528 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Publisher: Stuttgart, Germany : Arnoldsche Art Publishers in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-524) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.