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  Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

  GUTTIEREZ VEGA (active 1930s) Bogotá, Columbia

  Four-piece modernist coffee / tea set   c. 1935

  Radical form cone and triangular shaped four piece sterling silver with bold design exotic handles.

  Marks:  T.A.N. Sterling (Maker’s mark), serial number F925

  Coffee pot       H:  5″       x L:  10 1/2″
  Teapot           H:  4 3/8″ x L:  10 1/2″
  Creamer             H:  3″       x L:  8″
  Sugar bowl     H:  4 1/2″ x L:  7 3/4″

  In the 1930s, Colombia began to embrace modern and Art Deco architecture. The new Liberal Party government tore down many older buildings to reject the conservative past. In their place, it constructed modern buildings with an international flavor and interiors and decorative arts were designed to complement these newly stylized buildings.

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  Jaroslav Rössler, Untitled, Gelatin silver print c. 1930’s

  JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902-1990) Czech Republic

  Untitled c. 1930’s

  Gelatin silver print

  Signed: -1G- (in green ink on back); JAR. RÖSSLER, PRAHA XI, Ti mars.
  Koneva 174 (blue stamp on back); CZ 12 and other annotations in pencil on back

  Provenance: Monah L Gettner, New York

  H: 8 1/8” x W: 6 1/8” (unframed)
  H: 18 5/8” x W: 16 1/8” (framed)

  Price: $17,500

  Jaroslav Rössler was undoubtedly one of the most important representatives of Czech avant-garde photography during the 1920s and 1930s. His works rank among the most progressive examples of the use of abstract art and Constructivism in photography. Rössler‘s work has been included in numerous international exhibitions and can be found in major museum collections including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum Folkwang and Houston Museum of Fine Arts.