Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
Thierry Vendome
'Galets' (Pebbles) Earrings
Lot Closed
October 6, 06:28 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Thierry Vendome
b. 1964
'Galets' (Pebbles) Earrings
2009, stamped 750, maker's mark, two other indistinguishable hallmarks a pair of asymmetrical gold earrings, each in two halves of an egg-shaped form that have been twisted around on their axis; surface with a pebbled texture; post backs for pierced ears
1⅓ by 1⅛ in.; 3.4 by 3 cm.
Art Research Paris, Paris, Joailliers - Designers, February 10, 2022, lot 138 Acquired from the above by the present owner
Claude Mazloum, L'art de la joaillerie contemporaine: les meilleures créations du monde, Gremese international, Paris, 1993, p. 170
Thierry Vendome (b. 1964) Thierry has always aimed to differentiate his artistic designs from his famous father Jean Vendome’s, and in the simplicity of his Galets earrings he certainly succeeds. Vendome is inspired by the wild shaping of nature and aims not to conquer it but to work alongside, honoring the rough shaping that the ocean
brings to pebbles and solidifying their forms forever in more precious materials. (Claude Mazloum, L'art de la joaillerie contemporaine: les meilleures créations du monde, Gremese international, Paris, 1993, p. 170) He captures the ephemerality of nature and creates a permanent vision of beauty for those who wear his jewelry.