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Pol Bury

‘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