From Thursday 19th to Tuesday 24th of November, the specialists of the PIASA Jewels and Watches department present an online auction dedicated to artists' jewels and designer jewels.
This speciality of the department will be highlighted through a set of jewellery which are then considered as real miniature portable works of art. The artists that we present in this sale do not have a main activity as jewellers but have tried their hand at this universe.
Ettore SOTTSASS (1917-2007) for Venini
Pendant - “Confetti” Collection
Estimate : 3 000 / 4 000 €
This sale includes a fine collection of creations by internationally renowned architects and designers such as Arata ISOZAKI (Lot 39), Ettore SOTTSASS (Lot 49), Alessandro MENDINI (Lot 46) and Cleto MUNARI (Lot 60). The latter was at the origin of a strong trend for designer jewellery in the 80s. He invited architects and designers to create works for his own publishing house.
Arata ISOZAKI (né en 1931)
Pendant - 1984-1986
Estimate : 7 000 / 10 000 €
This collaboration was the subject of a historical work by Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass's wife, entitled Jewelry by Architects (1988). Jewels became small, portable architectures and thus catalysed all the post-modern research of these prolific artists. They become miniature witnesses of a desire to push back the boundaries of industrial design and jewels.
Alessandro MENDINI (1931-2019)
Bague en or jaune
Estimation : 5 000 / 7 000 €
The sale also includes a set of jewellery by : Claude Lalanne, Line Vautrin, Catherine Noll, César, Arman, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Igor Mitoraj, Karl Lagerfeld, Pol Bury, Nanna Ditzel, Friedrich Becker, Philip Sajet, Elisabeth Kodré-Defner, etc.
Mimmo PALADINO (né en 1948)
Manchette “Soul” en argent doré
Estimation : 3 500 / 4 500 €
