Rare Modernist Art Smith Sterling Silver & 14k Gold Turquoise Ring Size 6

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Rare Modernist Art Smith Sterling Silver & 14k Gold Turquoise Ring Size 6:
$2850.00

ESTATE , FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION. ITEM IN TITLE AND PICTURES GOOD CONDITION Cuban-born, Brooklyn-raised well -known Art Smith (1917-1982) was a major modernist jeweler of the mid-twentieth century. He attended Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from 1942 to 1946, where he first pursued architectural studies but eventually abandoned them to concentrate on sculpture and the manipulation of three-dimensional forms. During the early 1940s he learned jewelry making while working part-time as a crafts supervisor at the Children’s Aid Society, and through a night course at New York University. He also worked for and was influenced by Winifred Mason, an African-American jewelry designer with a store in Greenwich Village. In 1946, Smith opened his first store, also in Greenwich Village. Inspired by surrealism, biomorphism, and primitivism, Smith’s jewelry included large scale, asymmetrical forms made from hand-hammered elements of silver, copper, or brass, sometimes combined with quartz or other colorful stones. His jewelry explored organic shapes and both positive and negative space on several planes. Whatever the form, Smith was continually concerned with the jewelry’s relationship to the human body. He considered his jewelry as an incomplete sculptural expression until it was related to the body. An African-American, he also made reference to his roots through his use of symbols reminiscent of those used in African tribal jewelry.. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES FOR CONDITION AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. SHIPPING IN USA FREE LOCAL PICK-UP WELCOME IN NEW JERSEY. NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING .PAYMENT IN 4 DAYS .THANKS AND GOOD LUCK.wwtridsyatwwwtfdg