Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
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 1980 item #1281124 (stock #3069)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Walter Schluep modernist sterling silver and 14K gold necklace

Montreal, Canada

1971

Chain - 23 1/2" long

Pendant - 2 5/8" long x 1 3/4"

Weight - 83.86 grams

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1186490 (stock #2707)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Wiley Sanderson, modernist sterling silver and 14K gold brooch

Cranbrook

3 1/8" x 1 5/8"

Etched Sanderson - 48, sterling, 14k

Very good vintage condition

Pictured in Kenneth Winebrenner - "Jewelry Making" [1955], fig. 61

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1200538 (stock #2753)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver brooch

3" x 3 3/4"

1950

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on reverse

Very good vintage condition

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 : 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 : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #851849 (stock #2185 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

American Modernist Sterling Silver Constructive Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1227491 (stock #2876)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver dancer brooch

3 1/4" x 2"

Very good vintage condition with good original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #623707 (stock #830)
Auerbach and Maffia
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Elsa Freund modernist necklace.

Aluminum, silver and ceramic.

Measures 16 1/2" when outstretched, drops measure 1 3/4" long.

Appropriately signed.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1355541 (stock #4077)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Rare John Prip sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #684244 (stock #1007)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Art Smith Modernist Brass Earrings.

Larger earring measures 2 1/8", smaller earring measures 1 1/4".

Condition - excellent.

Screwbacks

This unique pair of earrings are signed and fully documented.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1036653 (stock #2452)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,900.00

Ed Wiener exceptional sterling silver and copper modernist brooch

Crafted early in his career

3" x 1 1/4"

Heavy and expertly rendered

Marked Ed Wiener sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1355697 (stock #4079)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

John Prip modernist sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/4" x 2 3/4"

Weight - 21.50 grams

Marked with artist's cypher on verso

Inscribed Josephine H. Gilbert

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1435740 (stock #4072)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and wood brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 12.6 grams

Marked Cooke, sterling

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1006850 (stock #2389 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Tobias Musicant - Artist, American [NJ] 1921 - 2004

Exhibitions -

Pennsylvania Academy

The Philadelphia Print Club

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Solo shows -

Heffers Gallery - Cambridge, England

Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York

Sterling silver brooch with green stone

1 3/4" x 1 1/4"

Very good vintage condition

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 : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1454746 (stock #4087)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Marci Zelmanoff

Huge sculptural brooch featuring her classic wire construction in mixed metals with ceramic stone

6" long

Weight - 64 grams

Marked Zelmanoff '72

Very good vintage condition with minor roughness on the ceramic stone

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #716724 (stock #1071)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,600.00

American Modernist Sterling Silver Brooch

Betty Cooke

c.1960s

Excellent condition

4 1/4" x 1 3/4"