Stunning bronze necklace with ruby with forged bronze neckring by Robert Dhaemers; pendant is as beautiful on the reverse as the front so can be worn both ways; pendant is approximately 5-1/2" across dipping down 2-1/2" at the front; gorgeous red ruby; neckring is about 8" diameter (very large); excellent condition; great patina; acquired from the artist, no marks; ca. 1964; exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts "Creative Casting, Thirty Craftsmen" in 1964.

$1,200.00 (item #M820)

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Reverse is also beautiful

Robert Dhaemers (b. 1926), was Assistant Professor in Crafts at the California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California and taught for ten years at Mills College. His exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City included "Creative Casting Thirty Craftsmen" and "Art of Personal Adornment." He also exhibited at Columbia University, New York; Addison Gallery of American Art, de Young Museum and Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Oakland and San Francisco Art Museum; St. Paul Gallery, University of  Minnesota; University of California; University of Iowa, and numerous others.

He is a sculptor who has created over dozen large sculptural works on commission. He interprets his sculptural ideas in his jewelry, feeling that it should be seen in the round: his pendants are designed to stand alone as three-dimensional sculpture.  He works mostly in lost-wax casting and credits Bob Winston as his inspiration. He exhibited a cast sterling ring in 1955 at the Walker Art Center.

(from my book, Modernist Jewelry, 1930-1960, The Wearable Art Movement, pg. 137-38)

(from my book, Modernist Jewelry, 1930-1960, The Wearable Art Movement, pg. 137-38)