Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
Private Collection, Spain
'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.