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A rare example of enameling by Mary Schimpff; great abstract design with vivid blue and green enamels; front is about 3/4" square; ring is approximately size 6-1/4; marked: "Schimpff, STERLING." SOLD (item #M1013)
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In
1954, in an article titled “Five Contemporary Jewelers,” published in American
Craft Magazine, Mary Schimpff’s jewelry was shown alongside that of
Margaret De Patta, Bob Winston, Paul Miller, and Robert Von Neumann. Though not
as well known within the collecting public, her work compares favorably with the
best of mid-20th century modernist jewelry. Like De Patta, Schimpff
is a perfectionist and a modernist whose designs are based on the integration of
form and function. Her work has been
exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of
Art and is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian
Institution. She has won four De Beers Diamonds--International
Awards, has been awarded an honorary membership in the De Beers Diamonds
International Academy exhibitions, and her work has been included in the
Trieniale Di Milano, Italy; The International Schmuckschau, Munich,
Germany; and the Centenary in Johannesburg commemorating the discovery
of South Africa's first diamond. (Information is from my new book Modernist Jewelry, 1930-1960, The Wearable Art Movement. Se Also, Mary Schimpff-Webb, a career devoted to excellence, M0DERN SILVER magazine.) |
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