A RARE SUITE OF DIAMOND AND GOLD "TREE OF LIFE" JEWELRY, SALVADOR DALI A necklace, the front designed as entwined textured gold branches and leaves, enhanced by circular-cut diamonds, suspending a surrealistic face composed of a pair of star sapphire and gold eyes and a sculpted gold nose, lips and chin, joined to a circular-cut diamond and textured gold leaf link back chain, mounted in platinum and gold-- 15½ ins. long ; and a diamond and gold bracelet en suite-- 7 ins. long, each stamped Copr. Alemany & Ertman, Inc., each in a fitted leather case Necklace signed by Dali Salvadore Dali saw himself as a twentieth century Renaissance man. Just as painters from that great period did not confine themselves to one medium, he decided to pursue another avenue of creativity, jewelry design, as an addendum to his surrealistic paintings. In the introduction to "Dali: A Study of his Art-In-Jewels", he sums up his raison d'être, "My jewels are a protest against emphasis upon the cost of the materials of jewelry. My object is to show the jeweler's art in true perspective - where the design and craftsmanship are to be valued above the material worth of the gems, as in Renaissance times." Dali personally selected every stone used in his jewels, choosing specific gems for their color and quality as well as assigning connotations to certain stones. In the introduction to a brochure that accompanied an exhibition of his jewels, he states that he used "... diamonds... for the preciousness of woman...sapphires for water and serenity; gold for its malleability, strength and power - and all of course, for beauty." On the illustrated necklace, star sapphires make up the peaceful eyes on a very serene suspended face. Dali reinterpreted many of his painting themes into jewelry. One of his favorites, anthropomorphism, is seen on this necklace in which parts of the human face are suspended from a branch. All of Dali's jewels were made by Alemany & Ertman, New York jewelers, in close collaboration with the artist; their exquisite craftsmanship does honor to his meticulous attention to detail. (2)
A RARE SUITE OF DIAMOND AND GOLD "TREE OF LIFE" JEWELRY, SALVADOR DALI A necklace, the front designed as entwined textured gold branches and leaves, enhanced by circular-cut diamonds, suspending a surrealistic face composed of a pair of star sapphire and gold eyes and a sculpted gold nose, lips and chin, joined to a circular-cut diamond and textured gold leaf link back chain, mounted in platinum and gold-- 15½ ins. long ; and a diamond and gold bracelet en suite-- 7 ins. long, each stamped Copr. Alemany & Ertman, Inc., each in a fitted leather case Necklace signed by Dali Salvadore Dali saw himself as a twentieth century Renaissance man. Just as painters from that great period did not confine themselves to one medium, he decided to pursue another avenue of creativity, jewelry design, as an addendum to his surrealistic paintings. In the introduction to "Dali: A Study of his Art-In-Jewels", he sums up his raison d'être, "My jewels are a protest against emphasis upon the cost of the materials of jewelry. My object is to show the jeweler's art in true perspective - where the design and craftsmanship are to be valued above the material worth of the gems, as in Renaissance times." Dali personally selected every stone used in his jewels, choosing specific gems for their color and quality as well as assigning connotations to certain stones. In the introduction to a brochure that accompanied an exhibition of his jewels, he states that he used "... diamonds... for the preciousness of woman...sapphires for water and serenity; gold for its malleability, strength and power - and all of course, for beauty." On the illustrated necklace, star sapphires make up the peaceful eyes on a very serene suspended face. Dali reinterpreted many of his painting themes into jewelry. One of his favorites, anthropomorphism, is seen on this necklace in which parts of the human face are suspended from a branch. All of Dali's jewels were made by Alemany & Ertman, New York jewelers, in close collaboration with the artist; their exquisite craftsmanship does honor to his meticulous attention to detail. (2)
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