Maison Alix Dumas - The Geneva Jewels Auction: ONE Geneva Monday, November 6, 2023 | Phillips

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    • Of spherical design, size 52, signed Maison Alix Dumas, French maker's mark and assay mark for gold, case stamped MAD Joaillerie.

  • Catalogue Essay

    MAISON ALIX DUMAS

    Infusing her designs with artistry, Alix Dumas, founder of her eponymous maison, produces pieces that are dedicated to the exploration of colour and form. Akin to a sculptor, she works with her hands and directly with the material, using stones to enhance the natural beauty of metals. The process plays an important role in the creation of her final products, where the designs symbolise a dialogue between creativity and technique, and the results embody emblems of artistic expression.

    Maison Alix Dumas has won several awards since its founding, including the Best Debuting Award at the Haute Couture Jewellery show in 2023, the Francéclat CSR Prize that same year, the Creativity and Design Award at Milano Jewellery Week and the Artistar – Sculpture to Wear Gallery Award in 2022. In 2021, her ‘Eternity’ ring was awarded the Alchemist Prize for Creative Audacity at the Timeless Jewels Show in Paris, and her ‘Eternity Night’ earrings received the Hand and Creation prize from the Paris District of the Rotary Club International.

  • Artist Biography

    Maison Alix Dumas

    French

    Jewellery artist and accomplished craftswoman, Alix Dumas created the Mason Alix Dumas, in June 2020. It was created in France, between Paris and Britany, a feminine insight in a still very masculine world of high jewellery crafting workshops.

    The Maison is characterised by the creator's wish to associate the famed French high-jewellery know-how to an artistic, sculptor's like approach, in order to create exceptional contemporary pieces. The activity of the creator is divided between bespoke and personal creation pieces.

    Alix Dumas' proposition is to make few pieces each year. They are conceived and crafted in her workshop from noble materials exclusively, carefully chosen according to ethical and responsible criteria. Only unique pieces or limited editions are to be found. Colour and volume are at the heart of Alix Dumas's creation. She is very careful to the jewels link to the body since a jewel is made to be worn and adorn the wearer.

    The volume of her creations may be unexpected, call it contemporary or audacious, but her pieces are very comfortable to wear, because for her, a jewel has a primitive sensual link to the body.

    Her intention, since the release of Maison Alix Dumas, is to have different graphic styles dialoguing together, to develop a creative language where different techniques are intertwined with the moto: technique serves creativity.

    All pieces produced by Alix Dumas are entirely handmade by the artist, from the first draft to the final polish, only the casting in precious metal and the setting of stones are subcontracted to Parisian renown craftsmen.

     

    AWARDS

    • Since the launching of the Maison Alix Dumas, her work has been selected and rewarded many times:
    • Winner 2023 of the Haute-Couture category at Couture jewelry show, and nominated in the category of Best debuting
    • Winner of the Francéclat CSR price 2023
    • She has won the support of the Fondation Remy
    • Cointreau in March 2023.
    • Milano Jewelry Weeks Creativity and design award
    • 2022 for the The Rough ring
    • Artistar - Sculpture to wear gallery award 2022 for the Tree of life ring
    • Ateliers art de France contest 2022 - Brittany regional price for the Wave bracelet
    • She has won the support of the Fondation Banque Populaire for "Métiers d'art" June 2022.
    • MichelAngelo foundation, 2023
    • Alchemist price for Creative Audacity, for her Timeless Eternity Ring, at the Timeless jewels show in Paris, Nov 2021. This piece was then presented by Christie's Paris to the December 2021 jewellery auction.
    • "Hand and creation" price from the Paris District of the Rotary Club International for her earrings "Eternity Night", 2021 
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Lot offered with No Reserve

Gold ring, ‘Eternité d’Or’

Of spherical design, size 52, signed Maison Alix Dumas, French maker's mark and assay mark for gold, case stamped MAD Joaillerie.

Estimate
CHF3,000 - 5,000 
€3,200-5,300
$3,500-6,000

Sold for CHF5,334

The Geneva Jewels Auction: ONE

Geneva Auction 6 November 2023