Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1470168 (stock #4182)
Auerbach and Maffia
$189.00

Miguel Melendez sterling silver and faceted amethyst brooch and earring set

Mid 20th century

Taxco, Mexico

This solid and well-crafted set weighs a total of 30 grams

Brooch - 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Earrings - 1" x 1 1/2"

Melendez apprenticed in William Spratling's studio in the 1940s before working at Los Castillo and later branching out on his own

Marked M in a circle, Taxco

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1470169 (stock #4183)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Bill Tendler modernist sterling silver bracelet with black oxidized center band

Mid 20th century

American

Interior circumference 5 3/4" plus a rear gap of 1 1/2" inches

1 3/8" tall

Weight - 50 grams

Marked TENDLER, sterling

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1470180 (stock #4184)
Auerbach and Maffia
$699.00

Sterling silver bracelet

Designer - Gertrude Engel

Company - Anton Michelsen

Denmark

Mid 20th century

7" x 1 1/4"

Weight - 44 grams

Markings - AM trademark, sterling, Denmark, Engel cypher

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1960 item #1470235 (stock #4193)
Auerbach and Maffia
$345.00

Copper, brass and enamel double mask statement necklace

Mexico

1950

17 1/2" long

Central element - 7" long x 2" wide

Weight - 64 grams

Marked Mexico

Very nice vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1470236 (stock #4195)
Auerbach and Maffia
$295.00

Dynamic sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring abstract figural forms

Israel

Mid 20th century

Inner circumference measures 6 1/4" plus a rear gap of 1 1/2"

This statement bracelet stands 1 5/8" inches at its tallest, tapering down to 3/4" at its end points

Weight - 46 grams

Crafted very much in the manner of the renowned Israeli sculpture and artisan Aharon Bezalel if not his work

Marked Israel, sterling, 925, and Hebrew letters.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1470243 (stock #4196)
Auerbach and Maffia
$250.00

Francisco Rebajes sterling silver clip back earrings

Mid 20th century

1 1/2" x 3/4"

Weight - 11 grams

Marked Rebajes, sterling

Very good condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1960 item #1471097 (stock #4201)
Auerbach and Maffia
$295.00

Taxco, Mexico sterling silver bottle opener by CBS

This unique and beautifully crafted piece measures 4" long

Weight - a substantial and solid 70 grams

Marked Taxco, CBS,925

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Enamel : Pre 1960 item #1473782 (stock #4210)
Auerbach and Maffia
$245.00

Alice Williamson modernist enamel brooch

1955

3" x 2"

Excellent condition

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1475246 (stock #4214)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Franz Bergmann - 1898 - 1977, Vienna, Austria to San Francisco, CA

Watercolor

1950

Dimensions - Image - 14" x 19", Frame - 22" x 27" Excellent condition

Studied - The National Academy of Art in Vienna

Short History - In 1926 Bergmann traveled to the United States eventually settling in San Francisco. There he painted murals, and his biggest commission was a series of murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939.

Bergmann was am...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1479588 (stock #4222)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Betty Cooke sterling silver and ebony brooch

Mid 20th century/American

4 1/4" x 1/2"

Weight - 10 grams

Stamped COOKE in wood on verso

Excellent condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1960 item #1481254 (stock #4226)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,750.00

Fratelli Toso

Italy

Mid 20th century

Glass with fused murrinas in green hues

Height - 5 1/2"

Opening width - 6" across

Excellent condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1488150 (stock #4238)
Auerbach and Maffia
$595.00

Clear etched glass vase depicting a female nude

Artist - Erkki Kappi

Height - 10"

Finland

1959

Signed on bottom

Excellent condition

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1960 item #1488163 (stock #4242)
Auerbach and Maffia
$595.00

Floris Meydam for Leerdam Spiral Art Glass Vase Holland

1950s

This impressive and heavy vase stands 7" tall and 10" across with a top opening of 1 1/2"

Retains the original paper label that reads - Crystal/Leerdam, Made in Holland

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Native American : Pre 1960 item #1488422 (stock #4244)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,750.00

Exceptional native American sterling and turquoise row cuff bracelet

40 beautifully matched turquoise squares set in heavy gauge sterling silver framed with silver rain drops and classic stamp work displayed on each side

Interior circumference measures 6" plus a 1" rear gap for a total of 7" in all

1 5/8" tall

Weight - a hefty 129 grams

Marked D C, sterling

Condition - excellent

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 : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #517346 (stock #531 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,800.00
Watercolor on paper board by Lloyd Ray Ney. Ney - 1893 - 1964, b. Pa., lived in New Hope, Pa. 1925 - 1964. Studied - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, winner of the Cresson Prize, WPA commissions, his non-objective paintings were included in 15 years of exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum [ 1947 - 1955]. This work is in very good original condition, frame is original, and measures app. 19" X 25", signed Ney,'61.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre 1970 item #548034 (stock #628)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,800.00

Organic bronze sculpture.

Artist- Klaus Ihlenfeld

Measurements - app. 8" tall.

Condition - excellent.

Klaus was Harry Bertoia's best friend and first hand man in his workshop

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #574507 (stock #705)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,500.00

Lloyd Ray Ney. Ney, - 1893 - 1964, b. Pa.

Lived in New Hope, Pa. Studied - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, winner of the Cresson Prize, WPA commissions, his non-objective paintings were included in 15 years of exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum [ 1947 - 1955].

This watercolor on paper board is in very good original condition, unframed, and measures app. 18" X 24", signed Ney,'62.