ALEXANDER CALDER JEWELRY It is an important representative of contemporary art with its monumental forms evoking engineering, the pioneer of kinetic art, Alexander Calder. Its features meet art lovers in the biggest galleries of the world today. We know him with his aerodynamic lines and unique sculptures. But did you know the jewelry designs? With this lesser known feature, everyone accepted him as a jewelry designer in the notion of contemporary jewelry. The jewelery industry was thrilled when his necklaces, brooches, earrings and headgear were exhibited at his first personal show in England, The Boldness of Calder.
He has a striking and awaiting effect in his jeweler side. He did not have the necessary workbench and equipment like a jeweler. He said “ I did it with my own hands, and I never had wire and a plier in my pocket.” This unique technique has been described in the literature as Calderian. Can you imagine? You shape your work as you turn a long and hard metal into a spiral with your hands and then draw a repetitive line! Those who know the stage of making jewelry can estimate how difficult this technique is. Creating a spiral form from a single piece, giving sculptural forms, mediocre glass and worthless items. Calder preferred to work with silver and brass. Platinum escaped from precious metals such as gold. He searched for value in design and story, not in carat. He was never concerned with the material value of his designs. What matters to him is aesthetics. Could this approach be the cornerstone of Ethical Jewelery? He chosed to keep the “value” structure of jewel art by avoiding its ruthless competition. He did not want to compete with a jeweler who made something of valuable and luxurious materials. Because he thought that what was done in the art of jewelry was very different. #contemporaryart #contemporaryjewellery #laurensantodomingo #brookeshields #lauradern #artist #scuplture #art #artjewellery #jewelry #sothebysjewels #sothebys #christies #phillips #contemporary #passion #value #modernart #alexandercalderjewelry #alexandercalder #angelicahuston https://www.instagram.com/p/CTO2xpdoLdn/?utm_medium=tumblr
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (b.1841 - d.1920), ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on panel, c.1888, Spanish, sold for 15,000 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Ludovico Marchetti (b.1853 - d.1909), ‘The Depature, Venice’, oil on canvas, c.1881, Italian, sold for 11,250 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Jacques Dore (b.1861 - d.1929), ‘The Estaminet*’, oil on canvas, no date (late 1800s-early 1900s), French, unsold for est. 8,000 - 12,000 EUR in Sotheby’s Tableaux, Dessins, and Sculptures sale, December 2020; Paris, France.
An estaminet is a small cafe, bar, or bistro, specifically one that sells alcoholic beverages.
Albert Edelfelt (b.1854 - d.1905), ‘Au Bar, or Woman with a Cigarette’, oil on canvas, no date (est. 1870s), Finnish, sold for 51,650 GBP in Sotheby’s 19th Century European Paintings Sale, November 2010, London, England.
Marked[A son ami G Bourgain A Edelfelt], 'To my friend Gustave Bourgain from Albert Edelfelt’. Bourgain (b.1826 - d.1921) was a student alongside Edelfelt under Jean Leon Gerome in the 1870s at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. The model for this image was also the same model for Edelfelt’s famous painting 'Queen Blanche (Blanka)’ c.1877.
Fritz Zuber Buhler (b.1822 - d.1896), ‘La Source’, oil on canvas, no date (1800s), Swiss, sold for 37,500 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Nicolaes Maes (b.1634 - d.1693), ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on canvas, c.1687 - d.1693, Dutch, sold for $5,625 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
No. 20 (Yellow Expanse) by Mark Rothko, owned (and later sold privately) by Bunny Mellon.
Although Bunny Mellon had no formal training, she designed the landscape for many remarkable gardens. Mellon designed the White House Rose Garden for Jackie Kennedy. In France, she created the landscape plan for the gardens of fashion icon Hubert de Givenchy and assisted with the restoration of Potager du roi, at Versailles. A close friend and confidant of Jackie Kennedy, before and after her White House days, Mellon also advised her on fine arts and antiques during the Kennedy White House Restoration. The Mellon’s private art collection was nothing short of spectacular. According to the Sotheby’s catalogue for the auction of their estate, they owned, among so many other valuable pieces, nine paintings by Rothko – one of the most expensive Rothko in a private sale, ”No. 20 (Yellow Expanse)”.
Untitled painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982 when he was unknown, up for auction in 1984 for $19,000 to a private collector. Afterward never loaned or seen for public exhibition for 33 years. Now up for auction at Sotheby’s with an estimate of $60 million.
“Astaneh-ye-ferdaws” (Gate of Paradise) & “Halo of Light” spectacles,
Late 19th century,
“Gate of Paradise,” are believed to have been cut from a Colombian emerald weighing over 300 carats.
“Halo of Light” spectacles, are believed to have been cleaved from a single 200-carat diamond found in Golconda, a region in the present-day Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The gemstones were highly prized in Islamic and Indic traditions, where they had strong associations with spirituality. Diamonds were associated with “celestial light” and “enlightenment” in Indic societies, as the bright stones were believed to be “vehicles for astral forces” that could channel the auspicious intentions of the universe.
Green is also a color closely linked to paradise, salvation and eternal life in Islam, the religion practiced by the Mughal rulers. Viewing the world through these emerald-tinted glasses would, therefore, have had special significance
The 80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to benefit the Norton Museum of Art is now live on Sothebys.com! Proceeds support the @nortonmuseumofart curatorial program, the Recognition of Art by Women (RAW) exhibition series, and diversity initiatives in the arts. The auction opens today and runs through Feb.8th. Browse and bid online, or view the works in person at the museum until Feb.7th. LOT 36: Andrew Brischler , 2014 Colored pencil, marker, graphite and gesso on wood panel 72 x 60 x 2 in (182.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm) ___ Signed A. Brischler, dated 2014 and inscribed with title and medium written on verso top center panel @andrewbrischler Andrew Brischler’s work examines the underbelly of American popular culture through a mash-up of graphic design and fine art abstraction. Brischler described his childhood self as voracious consumer of queer cinema, re-runs of classic television, and Bruce Springsteen–the posterchild of machismo–which helped him understand and celebrate his identity. “That combination of cultural criticism and earnest emotional tribute remains the cornerstone of my studio practice today,” says the artist. ___ #andrewbrischler #perdition #lot36 #nortonauction #nortonmuseum #thenortonmuseumofart #sothebys #sothebysdotcom #onlineauction #artsbenefit #artauction #nortononline #raw #recognitionofartbywomen #museumcharity #museumauction #museumbenefit #robwynne #nancylorenz #maynardmonrow @sothebys (at Norton Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKe35qrFVf-/?igshid=iulmm4wmguew
