Lucio Fontana - Design Evening New York Tuesday, December 12, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Luisa Somaini and Claudio Cerritelli, Gioielli d'artista in Italia, 1945-1995, Milan, 1995, pp. 17, 92-93
    Harry Ruhé and Camillo Rigo, Lucio Fontana: graphics, multiples and more..., Amsterdam, 2006, p. 173
    Diane Venet, From Picasso to Jeff Koons, the artist as Jeweler, 2011, p. 207

  • Catalogue Essay

    Giancarlo Montebello founded the GEM workshops in 1967 producing artist-designed, limited edition jewelry. César, Sonia Delaunay, Piero Dorazio, Hans Richter, Larry Rivers, Niki de Saint Phalle, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Alex Katz, and Lucio Fontana were among the high-profile contemporary artists who collaborated with the firm.

    The present "Elisse" cuff bracelet, designed by Lucio Fontana as part of his long-standing and prolific collaboration with GEM, belongs to a second series of jewelry designs the artist created for the company during the 1960s. In keeping with his artistic output, Fontana's jewelry designs are a continuation of his spatial experiments. His silver bracelets from this series present various enamel colors, reminiscent of his iconic study of the "Concetto Spaziale" works on canvas.

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"Elisse Concetto Spaziale" bracelet, model no. LF/4

1968
800 silver, lacquer paint.
6 in. (15.2 cm) long
Produced by GEM, Milan, Italy. Number 8 from the edition of 200. Interior of cuff impressed 800, alongside two indistinctly impressed hallmarks. Together with a black and white print of a promotional photograph by Gianfranco Gorgoni and a certificate of authenticity from GEM.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $137,500

Contact Specialist
Cordelia Lembo
Specialist, Head of Sale
+1 212 940 1265

Design Evening

New York Auction 12 December 2017