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Salvador Dalí
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Salvador Dalí
- Telephone Ear Clips “The Persistence of Sound”
- Each inscribed Dalí
- A pair of 18 carat yellow gold ear clips with rubies, emeralds and diamonds; includes the original Alemany & Co. box with made-to-measure inlay
- Height: 1 7/8 in.
- 4.9 cm
Provenance
Alemany & Co., New York
Private Collection, Europe
Sale: Sotheby's Geneva, November 16, 2010, lot 289
Acquired at the above sale
Private Collection, Europe
Sale: Sotheby's Geneva, November 16, 2010, lot 289
Acquired at the above sale
Literature
Linda Livingston, ed., Dalí: A Study of his Art-in-Jewels, The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation, Greenwich, 1959, illustration of another pair n.p.
Sylvie Raulet, Jewellery of the 1940s and 1950s, Thames & Hudson, 1988, illustration of a similar pair p. 270
Center for Dalinian Studies, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, ed., Dalí, Jewels-Joyas, The Collection of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres, 2001, illustration of another pair n.p.
Ghislaine Wood, ed., Surreal Things, Surrealism and Design (exhibition catalogue), Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2007, illustration of a similar pair p. 219
Sylvie Raulet, Jewellery of the 1940s and 1950s, Thames & Hudson, 1988, illustration of a similar pair p. 270
Center for Dalinian Studies, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, ed., Dalí, Jewels-Joyas, The Collection of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres, 2001, illustration of another pair n.p.
Ghislaine Wood, ed., Surreal Things, Surrealism and Design (exhibition catalogue), Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2007, illustration of a similar pair p. 219
Condition
Stamped 18Kt for 18 carat gold. Inscribed Dalí on the exterior of the ear clips. Please note that the ear clips measure approximately 3.8 cm, from the top to the bottom of the yellow gold stylized phone receiver (excluding the pear-shape cabochon emerald drop). Each set with a majority of single-cut (8/8) diamonds with some brilliant-cut diamonds and an inverted faceted ruby. Some scratches to metal consistent with wear, in good condition.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
As Ghislaine Wood describes: "Dalí saw no distinction between his work in painting and in jewelry. In his text for the Owen Cheatham exhibition catalogue he summed up the big themes explored in the 'small worlds' of precious metal and stone: 'In my jewels, as in all my art, I create what I love. In some you will note an architectonic sense—as you will in certain of my paintings; again logarithmic law is evident; again the interrelation of spirit and matter; of time and space'" (quoted in Ghislaine Wood, op. cit., p. 225).
Originally conceived in 1949, purportedly for Elsa Schiaparelli, Dalí's Telephone Ear Clips "The Persistence of Sound" plays on the themes and associations that obsessed the artist's thoughts, incorporating one of the most iconic Dalínian images: the telephone. Each clip is designed as a stylized receiver, the ear and mouth pieces accented with single-cut diamonds terminating on a faceted ruby and cabochon emerald respectively, suspending matching pear-shaped drops.
Originally conceived in 1949, purportedly for Elsa Schiaparelli, Dalí's Telephone Ear Clips "The Persistence of Sound" plays on the themes and associations that obsessed the artist's thoughts, incorporating one of the most iconic Dalínian images: the telephone. Each clip is designed as a stylized receiver, the ear and mouth pieces accented with single-cut diamonds terminating on a faceted ruby and cabochon emerald respectively, suspending matching pear-shaped drops.