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The Guest by Camille Walala - Big Sculpture. Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain sculpture created by the French artist Camille Walala for The Guest collection. This large version of The Guest is signed by Camille Walala, a London-based multidisciplinar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mima Bronze Sculpture by Eduard Van Giel
Located in Mortsel, BE
Behold the exquisite bronze sculpture 'MIMA' by Belgian artist Eduard Van Giel. This stunning piece is more than just a decorative item – it's a work o...
Category
Early 2000s Belgian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage italian Murano glass abstract sculpture with spikes on display base
Located in Milano, IT
Offered here is an uncommon and interesting abstract sculpture crafted in solid Murano glass in the sixties. Reminescent of marine animals or astronomical shapes, it is a fascinating...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Marble Cube Side Table Pedestal Sculpture Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Modern
Located in Lisboa, PT
Marble Cube, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
Marble Cube in Calacatta Bianco marble, a decorative piece that draws the eye with it's beautiful colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Travertine, Gold Leaf
Sculpture Lumineuse
By Irina Flore
Located in Portland, OR
This work intends to highlight glass details, such as colors and patterns, that can be intensified when a light source is present.The glass sculptures are joyful through colors and g...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Expectation, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Girl with a Jar, Boxwood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Nerone and Patuzzi 'Elemento Luminose', 1970, Signed, Published, Original Label
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful 'elemento luminose' , illuminated wall sculpture designed by the renowned italian sculptors Nerone Ceccarelli & Giovanni Patuzzi (Gruppo NP2) for the gallery 'Forme and Superfici'. Turin,Italy in 1970. The panel has the engraved signature of both Nerone and Patuzzi and still bears the original 'forme and superfici' paper label to the rear of the panel. This sculpture is published in an original 'Forme e Superfici catalog' and the January 1971 issue of the renowned italian design periodical 'Interni-La rivista dell Arredamento'. Please see Literature section below for full reference.
The central disc features a beautiful abstract hand crafted sculptural relief motif on metal , probably zinc, which is illuminated by a hidden fluorescent tube light. The frame surrounding the central sculptural disc is finished in stove enameled steel over a wood structure and features copper detailing.
One of Nerone and Patuzzi's best known works is the enormous , 150 square metre, bas relief in zinc that they created in 1972 for the 'hemicycle' of the then new 'Schulman' building (1973) in Luxembourg which housed the early meetings of the European Parliament . The hemicycle was beautifully decorated following a project by the architect Simonis, combining different materials (leather, wood, metal) in a geometrical harmony, the whole integrated by Nerone and Patuzzi's huge zinc bas-relief on the rear wall. PLEASE SEE IMAGE 9.
The zinc models were engraved using an etching technique, representing geometrical and abstract figures, and mounted on a surface of 150 square metres. The bas-relief was considered at the time to be the biggest sculpture in metal of the world.
LITERATURE:
Original 'Forme e superficie' catalog, confirms name as 'Elemto luminose' model ref C3 104 LZ',
'INTERNI , LA RIVISTA DELL ARREDAMENTO' January 1971, page 18, PLEASE SEE IMAGE 8.
BIOGRAPHY
In 1962 Nerone and Patuzzi founded the 'Gruppo NP2', an acronym that includes the initials of Nerone and Giancarlo Patuzzi: together with other artists "they experiment with new sources of poetic expression from the materials". = The aim of the group is to promote the integration of art in architecture together with other professionals, including Luigi Marchisotti, Dedalo Montali...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Metal, Copper
Untitled, Walnut Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Sculpture Lumineuse
By Irina Flore
Located in Portland, OR
This work intends to highlight glass details, such as colors and patterns, that can be intensified when a light source is present.The glass sculptures are joyful through colors and g...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Untitled, Ebony, Holly Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Holly, Ebony
Salina
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Artist: Manel Galià.
There is something of art brut and art singulier in Manel's work, something that touches deeply. He has been able to distance himself from his masters and escap...
Category
2010s Spanish Primitive Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Wooden Geometric Icosahedron Objet D' Art
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century hand-crafted pine wood icosahedron objet d'art. The pine object has 20 sides consisting of triangles each made from three pieces of wood slats. Constructed in a primitive...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Murano Venini Bianconi Red Coral Flame Italian Art Glass Vintage Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red coral flame or "Fiammati Corallo" Italian art glass egg shaped paperweight. The piece has been documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Blown Glass
Murano Aqua Banana by Alfredo Barbini 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Stunning, unique Murano hand blown banana by Alfredo Barbini. Unique aqua glass is encased in gold, and clear glass. The glass glitters when the light hits this piece at different an...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Intertwining Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Intertwining Bronze all in
solid bronze, lost wax bronze technic.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bird High Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Bird High Bronze all in solid bronze,
lost wax bronze technic. On bronze base, base
dimensions: L60xD30xH3cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Embleme Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Embleme Bronze all in
solid bronze, lost wax bronze technic.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African Beauty I, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Postmodern Italian Memphis Design Green Blue White Red Black Murano Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A 1980s unique pair of Italian colorful Murano glass lamps in the style of Ettore Sottsass for Memphis. Constructed with tiers of highly vibrant and geometrical colored blown Murano ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Untitled, Boxwood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Boxwood
Elation, Cocobolo and Holly Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Metal, Other
Untitled, Ebony, Holly Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Grape Jewelry Box by Nairi Safaryan - Walnut Wood
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
African Beauty II, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Girl with a Jar, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Wine Goblet by Nairi Safaryan - Boxwood, Gold Plated Silver
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold Plate
Brutalist Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Brutalist Abstract welded steel sculpture on a wooden base.
In original vintage condition.
Measurements:
19” Wide, 10.5” Deep, 20.5” High.
Base is 11.5” Wide, 4” Deep.
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Belly Dance I, Boxwood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Salviati Gaspari Murano Uranium UV Green Italian Art Glass Abstract Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown vaseline yellow green with aqua green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. Documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Majestic Ruby Red Hand Blown Murano Glass Monarch's Sceptre
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Elaborate and beautifully created ruby red glass sceptre
An striking piece of Murano for the collector
Circa 1970's
Measures: Length 16 inch, Diameter 5 inch
In good condition. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Handmade Ceramic Botanical Sculpture
Located in Gorzegno, IT
Inspired by a leaf-like botanical form, this sculpture is hand-built in a sand-coloured stoneware with a slightly rough carved surface. It sits on a rectangular ceramic base made of ...
Category
2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Embrace
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Artist: Manel Galià.
There is something of art brut and art singulier in Manel's work, something that touches deeply. He has been able to distance himself from his masters and escap...
Category
2010s Spanish Primitive Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Contemporary Small Mill-Stone-on-Stand Sculpture
Located in Sheffield, MA
The vintage small millstone sculpture is attached by an iron rod to a stone brick-shaped base. The piece has a decidedly contemporary modern look that will make a wonderful statemen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
blue and white zigzag table sculpture
By Abby Kasonik
Located in Charlottesville, VA
biomorphic ceramic sculpture in blue and white. hand painted bright blue geometric pattens over an undulating white form. the painted
patterns collide and create optical illusions ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Loneliness
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Artist: Manel Galià.
There is something of art brut and art singulier in Manel's work, something that touches deeply. He has been able to distance himself from his masters and escap...
Category
2010s Spanish Primitive Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Waiting
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Artist: Manel Galià.
There is something of art brut and art singulier in Manel's work, something that touches deeply. He has been able to distance himself from his masters and escap...
Category
2010s Spanish Primitive Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Pair of Brutalist Iron Bookends by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
A pair of iron bookends crafted in brutalist style by the artist David Palombo. Uniquely designed, each end is constructed from a fence-like structure that is attached to a flat plat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Untitled, wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
'Sea Foam' Vase in Pink & Blue on Marble
By EXPERIMENTAL
Located in Riga, LV
'SEA FOAM' small sculptural vase
from collection 'Mother Eternity'
mouth blown glass in pink and blue
Marble base
Handcrafted
top quality, extra clear glass
unique item, signed
Not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baltic Minimalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Alternative World, wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Stepping Out, Ebony and Holly wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Holly, Ebony
Time and Space II, Walnut and Ebony wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pieter Obels Large Sculpture in Rusted Corten Steel
Located in Tilburg, NL
Pieter Obels Large Sculpture in Rusted Corten Steel, The Netherlands.
Beautiful and large sculpture in corten steel made by famous artist Pieter Obels. It is quintessentially Obels ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Black oak veneer sculpture, X4 CC, by Dutch designer Studio Verbaan
By Rive Roshan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
X4 is an ongoing series of simple graphic forms that create timeless and enduring designs. The handcrafted wooden pieces sit somewhere between furniture, objects and sculpture. The c...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak, Plastic
Monumental Harry Bertoia Silver Necklace, Bertoia Catalogue Raisonne D.JE.49
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
WEARABLE ART AN IMPORTANT DESIGN FOR A NECKLACE The necklace is unique and extraordinary. Because of its specific design elements it lays beautifully and comfortably on any body structure. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. It has been authenticated by Val Bertoia and is listed in the Harry Bertoia Foundation Catalogue Raisonne # D.JE.49 having been authenticated as a Harry Bertoia piece.
REPLY FROM CHRISTIE'S:
"Dear Charles,
thank you for contacting Christie's. I am absolutely stunned to see the necklace by Harry Bertoia you have submitted for feedback from us, and I would love to speak with you about the work at your earliest convenience.
I am a great fan and a known expert in the work of Harry Bertoia, and I have handled over 600 of his sculptures, jewelry and art over the last 22 years. I have never seen a better piece of his jewelry, and it stands as one of the greatest objects in any category that he made.
Michael Jefferson
Senior Vice President
International Senior Specialist
Design"
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.
Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot's clasp and the overall construction of this piece demonstrate. Closed, the necklace sits on a table in a surprisingly conical shape, but it is so flexible that it conforms to its wearer from her neck nearly to her shoulders. Each handmade section is riveted to its neighbors, allowing it to adjust to the body while the pendants curve in many directions: one fits the left clavicle so precisely that Bertoia likely tried it on Brigitta Valentiner, who became his wife in 1943. Other pendants face toward or away from each other, bending up or down. Each element has been hammered into multiple curves and worked in Bertoia’s hands. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, this necklace no doubt caused a sensation in its day as it might at the 2022 Met Ball in ours, for like all of Harry Bertoia’s work, it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d...
Category
1940s American Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Harry Bertoia Sterling Silver Brooch "Ginko Leaves" ca. 1940s
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
An extremely rare Harry Bertoia sterling silver brooch "Ginko Leaves." The brooch has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.77. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The Brooch measures: 2.94 " long x 1.5 " wide x .30 " deep.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The brooch and closure are all handcrafted and the clasp is his unique design.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Extremely RareHarry Bertoia Necklace Sterling Silver Lapis Coral ca. 1940
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Extremely rare combination pendant attached to custom-made chain by Harry Bertoia in sterling silver, containing one Lapis Lazuli and one Coral. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The work has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.78.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The pendant measures: 1.25" long x 1" wide. The necklace measures: 11" length with a measurement of 22" overall length. The chain and closure are all handcrafted and in his unique design. Lapis Lazuli measures 20mm round supported by one 6 mm red coral. Total weight is
33 grams.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise Green...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Stephen Antonson Sculpture "Cathedral 4", 2021
By Stephen Antonson
Located in New York, NY
Unique sculpture in plaster by the American artist Stephen Antonson. Titled "Cathedral 4" made in 2021. The artist process of layering plaster with a brush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Peter Bramhall Magenta, Blue Glass Orb
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular mouth blown glass orb sculpture with internal magenta and petrol blue glass threads. Signed on bottom, Peter Bramhall.
Category
20th Century American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Chalk White Abstract Sculpture by Bryan Blow 1
Located in London, GB
This hand formed ceramic sculpture looks like white cliffs on the British coast line. His work echoes a voyage of discovery in not just the visible natural world of trees, rocks but the city and Industrial landscape with his exploration of space and form.
Bryan Blow...
Category
1970s British Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Venetian Pair of Table Lamps, Gold 24-Karat Purple, 20th Century
Located in Villaverla, IT
Amazing, modern, Italian Venetian, pair of table lamps, blown Murano glass, gold 24-karat black, in a very unique design, mixing a baroque style in the main body of the table lamps, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
"Weaving In Times" Ceramic Sculpture by Pernille Pontoppidan Perdersen, 2022
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic sculpture on metal pedestal by the Danish artist Pernille Pontoppidan Pedersen. Titled "Weaving in Times" this piece was a part of ther NYC exhibition Tentacular Thin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stuart Devlin Silver Gilt Novelty Egg with Humming Bird
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A highly collectable and delightful silver gilt novelty egg containing a hummingbird by renowned silversmith and artist Stuart Devlin (Australian, 1931-2018) and dated 1977.
Stuart D...
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1970s Australian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Biomorphic Xl Line by Studio Chora, Tall Table Lamp, White Limestone, In Stock
By Studio Chora
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Designed by Studio Chora, Biomorphic XL Series, 2023.
Biomorphic: ‘bios' meaning life and 'morphe' meaning form.
The Biomorphic series of organic light sculptures are one-of-a-ki...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Bright Red Ceramic Sculpture, Hand Built, Six Soft Rectangles on Angled Legs
Located in New York, NY
Part of an ongoing exploration into the sculptural family of Modern Totemic Forms and Objects, all hand built in ceramic stoneware. They are "modern" in the Mid-Century Modern vein....
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Copper Knot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bending and twisting this form contains the energy of the universe in an unending tangle of form that can exist on a shelf, plinth or most any surface.
The Copper Knot is a decor...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Hand Turned Vintage Pine Vase Sculpture
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Vintage hand turned pine vase shape sculpture. dating from the 1970s. Made from Pitch Pine, the shape of the sculpture shows the wonderful grain of the Pine. Very skillfully turned, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pine
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