Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1341559 (stock #3591)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver brooch/pendant

1950

2" x 2 3/4"

Weight - 16.77 grams

Marked Steig, sterling on verso

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1421568 (stock #3647)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Marci Zelmanoff intensely crafted mixed metal and wire mesh brooch/pendant

Sterling, silver mesh, brass and enamel

2 3/8" x 3 1/2"

1979

Can be worn as a brooch or a pendant

Etched on verso - Marci Zelmanoff, February, 1979

Fine vintage condition

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University

Her primary i...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #1367058 (stock #3840)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,395.00

Mary Ann Scherr sterling silver bracelet in the form of a serpent/dragon

Mid 20th century

6 " interior circumference plus a rear opening measuring 1 1/4"

This unique and well crafted bracelet weighs 63 grams

Marked Scherr, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1460779 (stock #4136)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,395.00

Rebajes sterling silver with a gold wash, turquoise and pearl ring

1950

Size 5

Weight - 23 grams

Marked Rebajes, sterling

Excellent condition

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1930 item #691826 (stock #1024)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,350.00

Victor David Hecht, b. Paris, lived in NYC, 1873 - 1931.

Studied - Académie Julian-Student, Art Students League of New York.

Exhibited - Pa. Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Society of Independent Artists, National Academy of Design, Corcoran Gallery etc.

This early modernist watercolor is pencil signed and dated 1926.

Image measures - 10 1/2" x 15".

Condition - very good

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1044708 (stock #2469)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,350.00

Modernist, mid 20th century, sterling silver candelabra by International Sterling

16 1/4" tall x 11 1/4" across

In very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1980 item #1416495 (stock #4038)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,350.00

Carl Tasha modernist serpent pendant

Provincetown, MA

1970

This massive and exquisitely detailed work of art measures 5 1/4" tall x 3" across

Weight - a solid 118 grams

Cast brass or bronze

Signed on verso - C. Tasha in script and stamped C. Tasha in block letters, 153/1000

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #401307 (stock #285 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,300.00
Abstract charcoal on paper - estate stamped 'Ramstonev'. This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community. Charles Ramsey, Louis Stone and Charles Evans worked collectively on many drawings and paintings during this time. While all three were accomplished artists they decided to suppress their individual egos and create works in keeping with the leftist philosophies proposed by many of the intellectuals of the time and the s...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #598730 (stock #774)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Paul Lobel figural sterling brooch.

Rare form from this early modernist artisan.

Condition - excellent.

Measures appx. 2 1/4" x 1 1/2".

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1277167 (stock #3056)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver cat brooch

2 7/8" long

Good vintage condition with minor scattered surface scratches

Marked LOBEL sterling on verso

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1357839 (stock #4083)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver standing horse brooch

1950

1 1/2" x 2 1/8"

Weight - 12.6 grams

Marked Lobel, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1416497 (stock #3658)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Jules Brenner classic sterling silver buckle type cuff bracelet

1950

Interior circumference - 5 1/4" plus a rear opening of 1 1/4" for a total of 6 1/2"

Weight - 51 grams

Stamped Jules Brenner, sterling, in block letters

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1418602 (stock #4046)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00
Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver brooch

Rare example from his sterling menagerie

1950s

2 1/4" x 1 1/8"

Weight - 11+ grams

Marked LOBEL, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition, minor light surface scratches

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1451992 (stock #3766)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Bill Tendler rare modernist sterling silver pendant/brooch

Mid 20th century

This large and impressive work measures 3 3/4" tall x 2 3/8" across

Weight - 22 grams

Marked Tendler, sterling on reverse

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1458674 (stock #4124)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Henning Koppel [1918 - 1981]

Designer and artist most known for his post war designs for Georg Jensen

Koppel's work has been featured in many exhibitions both in Denmark and abroad as well as being included in the collections of leading design museums

Teak bowl for Georg Jensen, Denmark

This is the largest size offered at 19" diameter and 4.75" high

In very good original condition

Signed to underside of base

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Venetian : Pre 1940 item #600021 (stock #783)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

Murano art glass candleholders, thin and delicate, black and white glass, circa 1930's.

Candleholders measure appx. 10 1/4" tall. Base measures appx. 6" in diameter.

Condition - very good.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #755418 (stock #2072)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

American Modernist Abstract Brooch w/Moonstone

Ed Wiener

c.1950s

Excellent condition

1 1/2" x 1 1/4"

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #797534 (stock #2134)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

Eve Peri - Abstract gouache on paper

Circa - 1960

Image - 16 1/2" x 20 1/2"

Eve Peri:September 25, 1897 - March 4, 1966 Place of Birth: Bangor, Maine, United States Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Place(s) of Residence: New York, New York, United States Mexico

Related People: wife of Alfonso Umaña Mendez

Work Type/Media: Drawings and prints, Painting, Textiles and clothing

Artistic Roles: Co...