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Cartier (attr.) “Bombe” cocktail ring set with a emerald-cut aquamarine (approx. 6 carats TW) 26 round-cut and 18 baguette diamonds, two triangle-cut diamonds all in an elaborate platinum mounting, marked, c.1950

Cartier (attr.) “Bombe” cocktail ring set with a emerald-cut aquamarine (approx. 6 carats TW) 26 round-cut and 18 baguette diamonds, two triangle-cut diamonds all in an elaborate platinum mounting, marked, c.1950
ART OF THE SIXTIES
“Die Kunst der sechziger Jahre im Wallraf – Richarts Museum Köln” 1969
Published by Gert von der Osten und Horst Keller.
Designed by Wolf Vostell.
First edition.
Dimensions:
Book: H: 12” x W: 10”
Custom leather box: H: 14” x W: 11 1/2” x D: 3 1/2”
Custom linen slipcase: H: 15” x W: 12 1/8” x D: 4”
This famous and striking exhibition catalogue is a work of art. Wolf Vostell designed the catalogue for the Ludwig collection of contemporary art, given as a permanent loan to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne. The work of 92 artists is represented, including objects by Dine, Dubuffet, Hockney, Jasper Johns, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Picasso, Rauschenberg, Vostell, Warhol, and Wols.
DÉSIRÉ CHRISTIAN (1846-1907) France
MEISENTHAL (LOTHRINGEN) France/Germany
Gourd vessel in the Japanese taste c. 1885-90
Wheel-carved and martelé French cameo glass with metallic inclusions and applied glass (blossoms, tendrils and butterflies)
Signed on the bottom: Desire Christian, Meisenthal Loth
For information on Désiré Christian see: The Glass of Désiré Christian, Ghost for Gallé, Jules S. Traub (Chicago: The Art Glass Exchange, 1978).
H: 8 1/2″ x Dia: 4″