Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

The Year

Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011


Return to Results

Object 21 of 117 | Prev | Next


Iris brooch

2003
Karen Paust
Overall: 23.5 x 11.1 x 5.1 cm (9 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 in.)
Beadwork

Classification: Jewelry / Adornment

Object Place: Wellsville, Pennsylvania

Accession number: 2010.606

Description: Large, naturalistic iris flower with its stem, rendered in three-dimensional beadwork.

Provenance/Ownership History: Commissioned by Mobilia Gallery from the artist.

Gift of Mobilia Gallery in memory of Peter Farago