Jean Després French Modernist Tri-color Gold Bracelet

Created circa 1938-1944, this Italian Retro bracelet is composed of 103 grams of multi-colored 18K gold. It is composed of faceted, canted yellow and rose gold links designed as tape...

Composed of silver, lacquer and reverse painted and engraved crystal, this exceptional ring was a collaboration of two French modernist artists, Després and Cornault. The ring centers a glass crystal prism above a polychrome abstract-design painting in miniature by Cornault, mounted by Després within a silver and black lacquer surround, flanked by stepped and incised chevron form shoulders with subtle dark patination. Uniting an intriguing abstract painting with the geometry of interlocking planes and layered strata, this rare ring is powerful work of painterly and sculptural modernism. Product Details: Item #: R-21132 Artist: J Després and E Cornault Country: France Circa: 1930 Size: 6.75 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information) Materials: Glace peinte/Reverse-painted crystal; Black lacquer; Silver Signed: "J. Desprès", "JD" maker's mark, French guarantee stamp for silver. Provenance: Given by the artist to his niece, and by descent in her family. Exhibition History: "Étienne Cournault (1891-1948)" at Musées de la Cour d’Or à Metz, 25 June to 24 October 1994. This ring was presented as number 94 in the exhibition catalogue. Literature: This ring appears in "Jean Després; Jeweller, Maker and Designer of the Machine Age", Thames & Hudson, 2009, by Melissa Gabardi, on p. 197. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: This important ring is one of a small group of “Bijoux-Glaces” or “Mirror Jewels”. These jewels represent the collaboration between two French Modernist artists, Étienne Cournault (1891-1948) and Jean Després (1889-1980). Cournault was from Lorraine, and had been educated at L’Ecole de Nancy in graphic and applied arts. He was active in Paris as a painter, draughtsman, and print maker in the 1920s. Moreover, he was the premier practitioner of the rarified technique of reverse painting on crystal, which he elevated from a traditional decorative art by creating intriguing miniature paintings of Surrealist and Cubist inspiration. Cournault met Després, an accomplished silversmith who moved in the circle of Modligiani, de Chirico, Braque and Signac, when Jacques Doucet commissioned the artists to complete an ornate metal table...

This stylish gold "Palmettes" bracelet was created by Boucheron Paris circa 1945, at the height of the Retro period. The broad, modeled, high-relief bracelet is designed as a series ...

Created in the mid-20th century, this 18K gold, platinum and diamond bombé bracelet was made in Paris, France by André Vassort. Set with over 14.00 carats of diamonds, the articulated bombé bracelet is designed as a series of overlapping 18K gold leaves mounted with curving lines of diamonds set in platinum. Sculptural and abstract, this beautifully-made, stylish bi-color bracelet by one of the French masters can be worn day into evening. Product Details: Item #: BA-20647 Artist: Andre Vassort Country: France Circa: 1950's Dimensions: 6 1/2" length x 1/2" width Materials: 182 round-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 14.05 carats, G-H color/VS clarity); 18 karat gold and platinum Signed: Andre Vassort Maker's Mark, French Control Marks Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: André Vassort was one of the great manufacturing jewelers in Paris whose time and skill were sought after by the leading Maisons such as Boucheron, Mauboussin and Van Cleef & Arpels. His atelier was located in the neighborhood of the Palais Royale, one of the traditional centers of the high end jewelry trade and a short walk from the Place Vendome, where his clients were located. Vassort had the versatility to produce both custom design for demanding royal and celebrity clients as well jewelry...

Jean Després hammered silver bracelet, circa 1940s Art deco design of hammered silver links; French Size: width 1.44 inches, length 8 inches Total weight: 144.7 grams

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