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Private Collection, Spain

Carmen Herrera

'Horizontal' Brooch/Pendant

Lot Closed

October 6, 05:58 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Private Collection, Spain

Carmen Herrera

1915 - 2022

'Horizontal' Brooch/Pendant


2012, signed Carmen Herrera, edition 1/6, numbered AP 1/2

silver satin-finished pendant in a diamond shape; designed in collaboration with Chus Burés

3 9⁄16 by 3 9⁄16 in.; 9 by 9 cm

Acquired directly from the artist in collaboration with Chus Burés

Marlborough Monaco Gallery, Monaco

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Domitille d’Orgeval, Chus Burés: Un Dialogue entre l’Art et le Design, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco, 2014, p. 34

Carmen Herrera produced this matte silver 'Horizontal' Brooch/Pendant in 2012, a piece which echoes the formal simplicity that was typical of her style at this time. It was made in collaboration with the well-known Spanish goldsmith and jewelry designer Chus Burés, who said that his relationship with the artist was one 'forged under the sign of freedom and creativity’.


'[Our] first working session turned around a geometric drawing that she had just finished; a square in a rhomboid position [called] 'Horizontal' with a kind of cut in the center, that inspired metal and color. I did a test and Carmen loved it and from there everything went flowing smoothly,' Burés wrote in 2020.