Gérald Genta: Icon of Time
Gérald Genta: Icon of Time
Gérald Genta
Design of five wristwatches with accompanying NFT Circa 1960
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Gérald Genta
Design of five wristwatches with accompanying NFT
Circa 1960
Medium: watercolour on cardboard
Dimensions: 325 x 148 mm
Signed: no
Numbered: N/A
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
Complication: time only
Remark: part of an Art Deco series made of twenty different pieces
Accompanied by: design in the form of a NFT, digital certificate in the form of a NFT and authentication certificate
The particular watercolour is an ode to the 1920s and the explosion in popularity of Art Deco design. In what may seem like an uncharacteristic twist Genta here explores historic design elements in contrast to his more typical avant garde aesthetic.