Tiffany Picasso Aqua and Tourmaline Ring
View Similar Items
Tiffany Picasso Aqua and Tourmaline Ring
About the Item
- Creator:
- Metal:
- Stone:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1980s
- Condition:very good condition.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 23R7551stDibs: U0903022156
Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co.
When thinking about the colorful gemstones and flashy forms that so frequently characterized 1980s jewelry, it is impossible not to conjure images of the expressive confections that Paloma Picasso created for legendary American luxury house Tiffany & Co. For iconic work such as the Loving Heart ring and the Love & Kisses brooch, Picasso mined what she admired about urban street art in New York City’s grungy subways and brought it to fine jewelry-making on a global stage.
The daughter of artists Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Paloma was destined for creative success. She was determined to succeed on her own, however, and didn’t rely on her parents' renown. Picasso graduated from the Université de Paris in Nanterre, where she studied jewelry design and costuming. She spent a short period in the late 1960s as a fashion designer and a jewelry stylist for a Parisian theater company, an experience that essentially ignited Picasso’s career. Critics took notice, and her friend and French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent commissioned her to make costume jewelry for his runway collections.
Picasso designed a collection of necklaces and bracelets for the Greek jewelry firm Zolotas in the early 1970s, and her success with Saint-Laurent led to an important connection between Picasso and Tiffany & Co. design director John Loring. Picasso jumped at Loring’s request to present a table setting at a 1979 Tiffany & Co. exhibition, and within a single year, Loring commissioned her to design jewelry for the brand. Her first proper collection, Paloma's Graffiti, is her best-known work for the company.
Paloma had joined the illustrious ranks of Elsa Peretti and Angela Cummings — both revered jewelry designers who’d signed contracts with Tiffany just before her. Her Graffiti collection, which initially comprised a range of both slender and bubble-letter-like scribbles, X’s, O’s and other figures in 18-karat gold and palladium, was an extraordinary debut for her. Finding inspiration in Keith Haring’s Pop art as well as the street art that covered Manhattan subway cars of the era, Picasso introduced a graphic quality to her inaugural Tiffany line.
“In the ‘70s, people were starting to tag subways and walls, which had everyone outraged,” Picasso explained of the concepts behind her vibrant rings, earrings and necklaces. “I wanted to look at graffiti differently and try to make something positive out of it.”
Picasso would later draw on nature for her sterling silver-and-pearl Olive Leaf accessories at Tiffany and frequently created gold necklaces and bracelets that were set with a striking mix of colorful semi-precious stones.
Throughout her career, Picasso has garnered acclaim from many institutions such as the Fashion Group International and was presented with an award in 1988 by the Hispanic Designers Council. She has been recognized the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and her work is held in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Find vintage Paloma Picasso Tiffany & Co. brooches, bracelets and other jewelry on 1stDibs.
- A Yellow Gold, Star Sapphire, Ruby and Diamond RingLocated in New York, NYAn 18 karat yellow gold, star sapphire, ruby and diamond ring. Centering an oval gray star sapphire measuring approximately 13.83 x 11.01 mm surrounded by fourteen (14) oval cabocho...Category
1990s American Cocktail Rings
MaterialsRuby, Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
- 18 Karat Yellow Gold and Diamond RingLocated in New York, NYAn 18 karat yellow gold and diamond ring. Centering a bezel set brilliant cut diamond flanked by two (2) brilliant cut diamonds on each side. Total diamond weight approximately 1.1...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
- JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO., Yellow Gold, Ruby, Turquoise and Enamel BroochBy Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.Located in New York, NYAn 18 karat yellow gold, ruby, turquoise, emerald and enamel brooch, Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany & Co., France. Designed as a parrot, its head set with approximately ninety three (9...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
MaterialsRuby, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$62,500Free Shipping - A Gold and Diamond Bombe' RingLocated in New York, NYAn 18 karat yellow gold and diamond ring, circa 1960s. The bombe ring designed as dome of approximately seventy two (72) round brilliant cut diamonds above a textured zigzag border ...Category
Vintage 1960s American Dome Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Gold, 18k Gold
- Platinum and Diamond RingLocated in New York, NYA platinum and diamond ring. Set with a cushion cut diamond, weighing 3.03 carats, with pave diamond surround and shoulders. The remaining forty five (45) diamonds total approximate...Category
2010s American Engagement Rings
MaterialsDiamond
- Janet Yaseen Gold and Iolite RingLocated in New York, NYAn 18 karat yellow gold and iolite ring. Designed as an elevated foliate mounting centering an oval iolite measuring approximately 8 x 10 mm. Size approximately 6 1/2. Gross weight approximately 12.60 grams. Attributed to Janet Yaseen.Category
1990s American Dome Rings
MaterialsIolite, Gold, 18k Gold
- Tiffany & Co by Paloma Picasso Doppio Ring in 18Kt with Aquamarine & TourmalineBy Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co.Located in Miami, FLBold cocktail ring designed by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co. A very sophisticate and rare geometric domed ring, created by Picasso around the 1980's, at her studio a Tiffany & Co...Category
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Cocktail Rings
MaterialsAquamarine, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$6,360 Sale Price20% OffFree Shipping - Tiffany & Co Schlumberger Pink Tourmaline and Diamond Flower Ring Blue Book 2014By Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.Located in Sherman Oaks, CABeautiful 18k Yellow Gold & .950 Platinum Cocktail Ring Features a Large Brilliant Round Cut Pink Tourmaline as the Center Stone Tourmaline is Accented by Four Floral Diamond Cluster...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Platinum
- Tiffany & Co Pink Tourmaline Ring Design by Andrew GrimaBy Tiffany & Co.Located in PARIS, FRGorgeous Modernist Ring by Tiffany and Co. Pink Tourmaline with a graphic sculptural 18K Gold setting and small diamonds. Organic and Sculptural,. Probably a collaboration with Andre...Category
Vintage 1970s British Modernist Cocktail Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
- Tourmaline and Diamond RingLocated in Genève, CHA dark green indigolite tourmaline set with diamonds in platinum. size 53. Tourmaline weighs 6.38 ct and the diamonds approximately 1.72 ct total. Estimated diamond quality H-I, SI.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, Platinum
- Aqua Teal Blue Oval Shape Paraiba Tourmaline Diamond Pave 18k Yellow Gold RingBy Galt & Bro. JewelersLocated in Oakton, VA9 Carats Genuine Paraiba Tourmaline Oval-Shape Brilliant Cut Form 16mm length of gemstone 12mm width of gemstone Diamonds 0.65 ctw G VS Pave Paraiba Tourm...Category
2010s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, Paraiba, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
- Tourmaline and diamond cocktail ringLocated in London, GBHandcrafted in London in 18 Carat Yellow Gold with a Central Oval Cherry Coloured Tourmaline, surrounded by Brilliant Cut Diamonds, and Pear Shaped Pink Sapphires and Tourmaline. C...Category
2010s European Art Deco Cocktail Rings
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold