id: 523511
accession number: 2022.255
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.255
updated: 2023-08-24 01:50:15.810000
The Last Royal DUBU, 2018. William Harper (American, b. 1944). Gold cloisonné enamel on fine gold and fine silver, gold, tourmaline, moonstone, opal, citrine, glass; 13.3 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Partial gift of William Benjamin-Harper, and partial purchase from the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2022.255
title: The Last Royal DUBU
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creation date: 2018
creation date earliest: 2018
creation date latest: 2018
current location: 228B Cleveland Artists
creditline: Partial gift of William Benjamin-Harper, and partial purchase from the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture: America
technique: Gold cloisonné enamel on fine gold and fine silver, gold, tourmaline, moonstone, opal, citrine, glass
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Enamel
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CREATORS
* William Harper (American, b. 1944)
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measurements: 13.3 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* William Harper: The Beautiful and the Grotesque. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Institute of Art, April 4-June 14, 2019
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist and his husband, William Benjamin-Harper
date: 2018–2022
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William Benjamin-Harper, partial gift and sale to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2022
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
date: 2022–
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Cleveland-trained and New York-based William Harper ranks among the leading contemporary jewelers. His work is heralded for its bold originality that weds meticulous technique with a philosophy of contradiction—in the praise of one critic, “beautiful and grotesque.” Such an approach is manifest in The Last Royal DUBU with its exquisitely rendered clashes of disparate materials, vibrant colors, and lush textures. The title references French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), whose work Harper admires for rebelling against mainstream standards of taste.
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Cleveland-trained and New York-based William Harper ranks among the leading contemporary jewelers. His work is heralded for its bold originality that weds meticulous technique with a philosophy of contradiction—in the praise of one critic, “beautiful and grotesque.” Such an approach is manifest in The Last Royal DUBU, with its exquisitely rendered clashes of disparate materials, vibrant colors, and lush textures. The title references French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), whose work Harper admires for rebelling against mainstream standards of taste.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
William Harper: The Beautiful and the Grotesque, exh. cat. (Cleveland: Cleveland Institute of Art, 2019).
page number: Reproduced p. 18; mentioned p. 44.
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"New on View.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 1 (2023): Back cover.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
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