Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1950 item #949779 (stock #2326)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

American Modernist Jewelry Sterling Musanga Branch Vintage Pin

Rebajes

c.1940s

Very good condition

3" x 2 3/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1950 item #1091717 (stock #2544)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

American Modernist Sterling Deco Bracelet

Rebajes

c.1940s

Very good vintage condition

2 3/8" wide

Stamped - Rebajes Sterling

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Pre 1970 item #1119300 (stock #2611)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Pal Kepenyes ring with stone

Monumental work featuring human forms in erotic motif

Face measures 1 3/4" x 1 3/8"

Size 6 1/2 to 7

Marked Pal Kepenyes in circle

Very good vintage condition

Stone displays natural craquelure

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1950 item #1242806 (stock #2950)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Leopoldo Mendez woodcut entitled Las Antorchas

Print on tinted paper

Image - 11 3/4" x 16"

1948

Signed lower right

Very good untouched condition, not examined out of frame

Mendez, 1902 - 1969

Mexico

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Pre 1960 item #1256749 (stock #3003)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Frederick Weinberg modernist wall mount sculpture

Three horses

Plaster and metal with applied finish

1950

36" tall

28" across

1 1/2" deep

Very good unrestored vintage condition

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 1960 item #1425083 (stock #3663)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,425.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver ring

Mid 20th century⁠⠀

What may seem a simple design here is actually an incredibly well made machine age work. Classic elegance in a solid architectural design makes this statement ring a classic and unique Cooke creation.

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1 1/2" diameter

Size - 6

Weight - 15+ grams

Marked, Cooke sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #628401 (stock #843 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Early American modernist brass and silver necklace made by Betty Cooke, c.1940s.

Early example of Betty's work.

Excellent condition and all original.

Measures 7 1/4" long, pendant alone - 2 1/2" x 1/4".

Stamped Cooke.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #754948 (stock #2068)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Early American Vintage Modernist Sterling Deco Brooch

Betty Cooke

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 3/4" x 3/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #959655 (stock #2336 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Betty Cooke modernist jewelry

Sterling silver and onyx bracelet with 14K gold rivets

Interior circumference 8" with flexibility

Width - 5 /16"

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #1149109 (stock #2642)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and pearl brooch

1960

2 1/4" x 3 7/8"

Stamped Cooke sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1960 item #1084591 (stock #2526)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,495.00

Hans Hansen modernist sterling silver bracelet with inset stones

1950

6 3/4" long x 3/4" wide

Features the classic Hansen screw type closure

Markings - small H on cross bar of larger H, 925

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #1377478 (stock #3910)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,495.00

Robert Lee Morris "Dart" gold plated necklace from the ARTWEAR Line

Solidly made statement necklace featuring graduating dart like elements

c 1980

17 1/2" long x 1 1/4" wide

Weight - 190 grams

Very good vintage condition

Unmarked

All Items : Artists : Jewelry : Bracelets : Pre 1990 item #1468897 (stock #4168)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,495.00

John Iversen sterling silver segmented bracelet

6 1/2" long x 1 1/2" at widest point

Weight - 46 grams

Signature tag attached

Excellent condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1980 item #1488882 (stock #4253)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,495.00

Impressive art glass fish crafted by Fabio Tosi

Murano, Italy

Mid 1970s

Sommerso technique

This beautiful and heavy sculpture measures 12 1/2" long and 5" tall

In great condition

Etched signature

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #634491 (stock #864)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,500.00

Lucille Ireland modernist abstraction - oil on board, circa 1950.

Ireland lived on the Philadelphia Main Line and exhibited at the Stabler gallery during the 1950's in NYC. She is listed in "Women Artists in America".

Image measures 22 1/2" x 33 1/4", frame is 2 1/2" wide.

Condition - very good and original, very minor paint ripple in a small center area.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #856426 (stock #2193)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,500.00

Ed Levin modernist sterling bracelet

Rare early handwrought example of Levin's work, c. 1950 or earlier.

Three 1/4" diameter sterling silver balls.

Sterling silver wrap.

Deep blue and white ceramic beads.

Inside diameter measures 2 1/2"

Marked - see picture.

Very good vintage condition.