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Sophia Vari
'Les Pléiades III' Cufflinks
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October 6, 04:33 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sophia Vari
b. 1940
'Les Pléiades III' Cufflinks
2011, signed VARI, stamped 1EA (artist’s proof), with French assay marks, edition of six plus two artist’s proofs
18k gold and ebony sculptural cufflinks, sold together with photo of artist Sophia Vari with Bob Lone and Harold Stream
Approximately: ⅝ by 1⅛ in.; 1.6 by 2.9 cm.
Acquired directly from the artist
Louisa Guiness Gallery, London
Private collection (acquired from the above in 2013)
Acquired from the above by the present owner by bequest
Philippe Garcia and Laurence Mouillefarine, Bijoux sculptés: Sophia Vari, La Martinière, Paris, 2010, p. 133 for similar example
Vari’s ‘Les Pléiades III’ cufflinks are inspired by the Pléiades of Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. They all had children by gods except for Merope, who married Sisyphus. The Pleiades eventually formed a constellation.