Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1960 item #1107302 (stock #2576)
Auerbach and Maffia
$950.00

Frances Holmes Boothby modernist sterling silver pendant necklace

1950

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

Chain - 23" extended

Marked fhb sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1102079 (stock #2569)
Auerbach and Maffia
$250.00

Mette and Finn Aero modernist pewter necklace

Denmark

Center pendant - 6"

Chain - 17" when extended

Marked Mette and Finn Aero Denmark

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #1100607 (stock #2567)
Auerbach and Maffia
$175.00

Rafael Alfandary modernist brass and green glass necklace

A clean, strong modern design with movement

1970's

Canada

Signed - Rafael, Canada

In very good vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1980 item #1097147 (stock #2557)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,800.00

Ross Braught fantasy landscape with figures

Large and exceptional polychrome ink drawing

24" x 34"

Signed and dated 1976 [urc]

Ross Braught - 1898 - 1983

PA, USA

Studied -

PAFA

Thomas Hart Benton

Some exhibitions -

Art Institute of Chicago

Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC

Mystic Art Association

National Academy of Design

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1096376 (stock #2555)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

3" x 1 1/2"

Signed

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1095213 (stock #2552)
Auerbach and Maffia
$295.00

Mette and Finn modernist pewter necklace

Denmark

Mid 20th century

Solid bars connecting 5 split spheres

Displays some movement and sound

30" long

Marked Mette and Finn Denmark

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1094886 (stock #2550)
Auerbach and Maffia
$7,500.00

Eleanor Reed, b. 1913

American - PA

Known for her unique blending of modernism and classic western imagery this large landscape is a prime example of her work.

38 1/2" x 41 1/4", 2" wide frame

Oil on canvas

Signed upper center - Reed

Dated 1948

Very good condition

Associations - American Artists Professional League

Exhibitions --- American Artists Professional League, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Was...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1093571 (stock #2547)
Auerbach and Maffia
$295.00

Richard Meier sterling silver brooch for Acme Studios

1 3/8" x 1 1/2"

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1092429 (stock #2545)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,200.00

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver brooch with red stone

Late 1940's - 1950's

2 1/2" x 2 1/8"

Stamped with Kramer's cypher

Very good vintage condition

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 #1091472 (stock #2542)
Auerbach and Maffia
SOLD

Anders Andersen modernist pewter necklace

1960's

Denmark

Pendant - 2 1/2" long x 2" wide

Neck chain - 26" in circumference

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1970 item #1091247 (stock #2541)
Auerbach and Maffia
$650.00

Bent Knudsen modernist sterling silver and trapped pool of light crystal bracelet

Denmark

Crystal - 1" in diameter

Interior circumference - 6 7/8"

Marked Bent K, Denmark, sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1090006 (stock #2538)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,800.00

Ron Dembosky - Pair of powerful mythic figures

Oil on canvas

Mid 20th century

Dembosky - American, PA. 20th century

13" x 33"

Very good original and unrestored condition

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1930 item #1089994 (stock #2536)
Auerbach and Maffia
$350.00

Raphael Sabatini - Cabaret black face performer

1927

Sheet size - 12 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Unframed

Pencil signed

Raphael Sabatini, 1898 – 1985, Philadelphia, Pa.

Professional life – Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University from 1936 to 1966

President of the Philadelphia Art Alliance in Philadelphia.

Sabatini studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Arthur Carles,...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1089494 (stock #2534)
Auerbach and Maffia
$795.00

Ed Levin modernist sterling silver brooch with inlay

c. 1950

1 5/8" x 2 1/4"

Unique form, rarely seen

Excellent 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 : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1083928 (stock #2524)
Auerbach and Maffia
$550.00

John Lewis modernist jewelry sterling brooch

Boston

1 3/4" x 2 1/8"

Hand crafted with nice weight

Very good vintage condition

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