Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1077316 (stock #2520)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00

Ed Wiener - rare and important sterling silver brooch

4 7/8" x 1"

Designed in 1947

An example of this brooch is pictured on page 145 in the book - Messengers of Modernism [see picture] also pictured in Jewelry By Ed Wiener Catalog that Ed Wiener and Fifty/50 Gallery put together for a show in 1988 - (Page 11).

Wonderful condition

Unmarked as is the brooch in the catalog

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1423771 (stock #4041)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and wood kinetic brooch

1950

This exceptional and rare brooch measures 2 3/4" x 3"

Weight - 9.50 grams

We love Betty's simple and sophisticated elegance of design. That's what she's really known for. But we really love, especially in her early works, the way she made use of something whimsical or introduced unique elements like toothpicks or ebony from old piano keys.

This rare [I now this word is used a lot but it...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1960 item #1457408 (stock #4110)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00

Dino Martens Oriente bowl

For Aureliano Toso

Mid 1950s

Murano Italy

Polychrome internally decorated glass with pinwheel, aventurine and murrina

7 3/8" across x 2 3/4" tall

Dino Martens - [1894 - 1970] An Italian artist and designer know for his work in glass. Studied at the Academia di Belle Arti. He eventually became the innovative artistic director at Aureliano Toso.

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1428290 (stock #3686)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,200.00

Sam Kramer modernist banded agate and sterling silver kinetic pendant necklace

Mid 20th century

NYC

2 1/2" x 1 5/8"

The pendant is composed of two elements that hang separately allowing free movement

Weight - 21+ grams

Marked with the appropriate hallmark [see photo]

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1376885 (stock #3902)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,995.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver kinetic double hoop earrings

American modernist

1950

3 3/4" long x 2 1/4" wide

Weight - 23 grams

Impressed marked Art Smith in script on both earrings

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1237258 (stock #2924)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,950.00

Peter Macchiarini modernist sterling, bronze and copper brooch

c. 1950

California

3" x 3"

Marked MACCHIARINI

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #649187 (stock #927)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

Elsa Freund modernist necklace.

Silver with glazed ceramic 'stone'.

Pendant - 2 1/2" x 2 3/4".

Condition - excellent.

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Acrylic : Pre 1980 item #788536 (stock #2113 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

Frederick Gill - American 1906 -1974

Studied at The Pennsylvania Museum School of Art, The University of Pennsylvania and The Tyler School of Art.

Exhibitions - Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Butler Art Institute and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.

Mixed media collage and acrylic painting with stone, fabric and metal on board.

Entitled - Harlem Nocturne.

Dated 1972.

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All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1138533 (stock #2627)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

William Barnett [1918 - 1992 Phila,Pa]

Modernist oil on canvas depicting farm workers in field

1940's

20" x 34"

Very good condition

Unframed

William Barnett -

Schools * Philadelphia Museum School, Teacher * Pratt Institute of Art, Student

Some Exhibitions * Brooklyn Museum * Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC * Guggenheim Museum * Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts * Philadelphia Sketch Club

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1234548 (stock #2906)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver and banded agate ring

Over sized and substantial

c. 1950

Stone measures 2 1/16" long x 1" at widest point

Size 7 - 7 1/4

Weight - 31.55 grams

Very good vintage condition

Stone displays natural variations and inclusions

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1294355 (stock #3118)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver kinetic earrings

1950

3 3/8" long

3" wide

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1970 item #490092 (stock #474 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00
Item - Monotype by Harry Bertoia circa. 1960. Condition - excellent. Professionally framed. Measurements - app.[image] 11 1/2"x 24", framed - 22"x 34 1/2". One of a kind.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #577318 (stock #717)
Auerbach and Maffia
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Modernist painting, oil on canvas c. 1960.

Artist - Gloria Goodman Bernstein, American, NY, 20th century.

Studied - ASL, NYC.

Image measures approx. 30" x 44".

Condition - excellent and original

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1980 item #683463 (stock #1005)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling necklace with black coral element threaded on black leather cord.

Coral measures 5 1/4" long. Adjustable leather cord.

Artist stamped.

ONE OF A KIND

Condition - excellent.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #781896 (stock #2112)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Elsa Freund Modernist necklace

C. 1950's

Silver, aluminum and ceramic

1 3/4" x 3"

Signed - Elsa

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Copper : Pre 1960 item #1113117 (stock #2592)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Rebajes modernist copper wall sculptures

Rare, large and handmade

14" long x 10" across

Marked Rebajes

Very good vintage condition with minor age related patina

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1116785 (stock #2604)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Ramona Solberg modernist sterling silver necklace

Rare early work

1950

18 1/2" long

Largest medallions measure approximately 1 1/2" long

Unmarked

Comes with letter from original owner

Very good vintage condition with some minor tarnish

All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre 1970 item #1126207 (stock #2618)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Wolfgang Roth - 20th century German/American

Wood, metal, string abstract sculpture

11" x 24" x 21" tall

Good unrestored condition

Wolfgang Roth was an internationally known artist and set designer.

Born in Berlin in 1910, he worked with Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht in theater and opera.

Roth emigrated to New York in 1938.

He designed sets for dozens of Broadway and off-Broadway plays , musicals, and opera productions includin...