Historical Design I Margaret de Patta "Abstract" brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945,

Margaret de Patta "Abstract" brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 - 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991
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Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991

MARGARET DE PATTA (1903-1964) USA

Abstract brooch c. 1945

Sterling with both a smooth finish and a textured surface in a biomorphic design set with rondels of chrysoprase and carnelian

Marks: De Patta chevron insignia, STERLING

Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal/New York: Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal/Harry N. Abrams, 1991), p. 100, illus. 130.

Related designs illustrated: The Jewelry of Margaret de Patta: A Retrospective Exhibition, Oakes Gallery and The Oakland Museum (Oakland, Calif.: 1979); Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960, ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal: The Lake St. Louis Historical Society, 1996).

L: 3 1/4”

Categories: Jewelry, Silver & Art Jewelry. Tags: 1940's, Abstract, bakelite, Black, bow, brooch, c. 1945, Costume, Jewelry, Margaret de Patta.

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Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991

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D: 2 3/8”

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Student at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna (with Oskar Strnad), Friedmann-Otten participated in numerous exhibitions (including art shows in 1908, 1920; Neukunstgruppe 1909; German Women’s Art in 1925; Werkbundausstellung 1930). Member of the Austrian Werkbund, the Wiener Werkstätte and the Neukunstgruppe. One of the most versatile artists (commercial art, metalwork, jewelry, fashion, starting from 1920 mainly enamel works, including large-scale email pictures), Friedmann-Otten had to flee in 1938 to the United States.
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Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991

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