Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1950 item #1434907 (stock #3721)
Auerbach and Maffia
$110.00

Modernist Austrian enamel bracelet⁠

7" x 3/4"⁠

Excellent vintage condition⁠

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1450567 (stock #3762)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,600.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling, copper and rutilated quartz brooch

Late 1940s to 1950s

2 3/8" x 2 1/4"

Weight - 22 grams

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition retaining the original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1950 item #1466645 (stock #4149)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Haglund Studios modernist sterling silver bracelet

Sweden

1945

7 1/2" long x 1" wide

Weight - 52 grams

Marked Haglund Studios, sterling, Sweden with appropriate hallmarks

Excellent condition

All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1950 item #1468692 (stock #4166)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,500.00

Joe Brown bronze nude sculpture

Bronze figure - 12 5/8"

Bronze figure including plinth - 13 1/2"

Wood base - 5" X 7"

Signed and dated on base - Joe Brown 1949

Excellent original condition with fine patina

Brown - 1909 - 1985

Artist, educator and athlete, Joe Brown was the pre-eminent sports sculptor of his time. Born in Philadelphia, he entered Temple University in 1927 on a football scholarship. Brown apprenticed to scul...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1950 item #1470294 (stock #4198)
Auerbach and Maffia
$650.00

Betty Cooke modernist brass brooch

Late 1940s to early 1950s

1 3/4" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 7 grams

Marked COOKE on verso

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1950 item #1473391 (stock #4206)
Auerbach and Maffia
$6,500.00

A Macchie bowl

c 1942

Made by Venini & C.

Designer - Carlo Scarpa

Cased glass, clear with a light amber cast

Fused cherry red and green spots

Marked: Venini ITALIA etched

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1484313 (stock #4228)
Auerbach and Maffia
$850.00

Horacio De La Parra

Sterling and amethyst bracelet

Mexico

1940

Interior circumference - 8"

Each link measures 1 3/8" wide

Weight - a solid 81 grams

Pin type closure

Marked Parra H nos, Mex.

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1484510 (stock #4230)
Auerbach and Maffia
$375.00

Toyokoki 950 silver bracelet

Japan

Post WW2

8" x 1"

Weight - 56 grams

Marked - Toyokoki, silver 950, CPO

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1950 item #1488187 (stock #4243)
Auerbach and Maffia
$265.00

Francsico Rebajes copper brooch

c 1940s

2" x 2 3/8"

Marked on verso

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1488881 (stock #4252)
Auerbach and Maffia
$325.00

Vintage sterling silver and turquoise peacock brooch

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Weight - 32 grams

Marked silver, Mexico

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Native American : Pre 1950 item #1488883 (stock #4254)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Native American silver and green turquoise bracelet

c. 1930s - 40s

Well-crafted bracelet with stamp work depicting arrow feathers and thunderbirds, with rope scroll work and rain drops framing the central stone.

Interior circumference measures 5 3/4" with a rear gap of 1" for a total of 6 3/4".

The front measures 1 1/2" tall tapering back to 5/8" at the end

>p>Weight - 40 grams

In excellent vintage condition with a beautiful warm patina

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #366865 (stock #257 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00
Oil 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 socialist leaning...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #401012 (stock #283 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00
G. Ralph Smith (b. 1907, Circleville, Ohio) STUDIED: -PAFA, 1933-38 -Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1937 EXHIBITED: -Columbus Museum of Art -PAFA -Philadelphia Museum of Art -Albright Knox Art Gallery -Philadelphia Art Alliance -National Academy of Design -Butler Institute of American Art -Scribner's (solo), New York -Swains Gallery, Philadelphia -Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia COLLECTIONS: -Columbus Museum of Art -Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland -Philadelphia Museum of Art -Woodmere Art Mu...
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 : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #401322 (stock #286 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,400.00

James House - born Benton Harbor, MI. 1902.

Studied - PAFA, Exhibited - PAFA 1939 - 1946

Dallas Mus. Fine Art, WMAA, MOMA, MMA, author of "Fifty Drawings" - 1930.

This exuberant oil on canvas depicts an abstract figure of a bicyclist after a race [see photo of reverse]

In good vintage condition

Measures app. 28" by 42"

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Brass : Pre 1940 item #548018 (stock #626 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Handcrafted brass candelabra by Hayno Focken, Germany, circa 1930.

Measurements - app. 13" tall.

Condition - excellent,unrestored

Markings - displays the appropriate cipher

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #580745 (stock #725)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

G. Ralph Smith - b. 1907, Circleville, Ohio.

STUDIED: -PAFA, 1933-38 -Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1937.

EXHIBITED: -Columbus Museum of Art -PAFA -Philadelphia Museum of Art -Albright Knox Art Gallery -Philadelphia Art Alliance -National Academy of Design -Butler Institute of American Art -Scribner's (solo), New York -Swains Gallery, Philadelphia -Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia COLLECTIONS: -Columbus Museum of Art -Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland -Philadelphia Museum ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #594775 (stock #758)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,600.00

Keramis Belgium art deco vase. Circa 1930's.

Stands 9 1/2" tall.

Condition - excellent.