Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
‘Boules des Deux Côtés d’un Carré’ Bracelet
Lot Closed
October 6, 04:13 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pol Bury
1922 - 2005
‘Boules des Deux Côtés d’un Carré’ Bracelet
1968, marked Pol Bury 68, edition 6/50 and stamped GEM 750 and silver hallmark 800; model no. PB/2
18k gold and silver bracelet with original box, together with promotional photo by Ugo Mulas, on back of photo is a bio of Pol Bury by Joan Sonnabend
Wrist Diameter: 2⅛ in.; 5.4 cm.
Square: 2 by 2 by 1⅛ in.; 5 by 5 by 3 cm.
Sculpture to Wear, Inc., New York (acquired in 1968 for $3600)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dore Ashton, Pol Bury, Maeght, Paris, 1970, p. 139
Bijoux de Pol Bury, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1972, no. 32
Ralph Turner, Jewelry in Europe and America: New Times, New Thinking, Thames and Hudson, 1996, p. 24
Diana Küppers, Künstlerschmuck = objets d’art, Hirmer, Munich, 2009, p. 38
Emmanuel Guigon, Bijoux d’Artistes: une collection, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2012, p. 67
Paola Stroppiana, Scultura Aurea, Gioielli d’Artista per un nuovo Rinascimento, Gli Ori, Pistoia, 2019, p. 60
Manon Lecaplain, Emmanuel Guigon, et al., Picasso y las joyas de artista, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2021, p. 123 for later version
In 1971, the New York Post noted that Bury ‘…thinks the rings, bracelets and medallions should be sold with their own cubes… [so] when they are not being worn they could be set on the cubes like a miniature sculpture. He may be starting more than he thinks. Bury’s jewellery certainly can stand alone as miniature works of art.’ — Morelle Davidson, ‘Jewellery Maker Profile: Pol Bury,’ Knowledge Centre