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Seaman Schepps (attr.) coral and gold earrings, marked, c. 1950

Seaman Schepps (attr.) coral and gold earrings, 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″