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Lot 37

SOPHIA VARI: 'VIRGILE II' CUFF, 2007

1 December 2022, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £7,000

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SOPHIA VARI: 'VIRGILE II' CUFF, 2007

The ebony cuff mounted with a black marble sculpture, signed Vari, numbered, French assay mark, maker's mark, internal diameter 5cm, height 5cm

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This bracelet is an edition of 8 plus two Artist's Proofs.

Provenance:
Louisa Guinness Gallery

Exhibited:
London, Louisa Guinness Gallery, Beauty and Harmony: Jewellery, Painting and Sculpture by Sophia Vari, 1st October - 15th November 2019.

Sophia Vari (b.1940) works in mixed media: metal, marble, jewellery or collage, creating 'beauty and harmony' through abstraction. Jewellery design came to Vari while exploring small-scale plasticine versions of her sculptural works. They became the basis of her jewellery designs. Vari says, "When I create a jewel, I don't think about a 'jewel' but a 'sculpture', putting in all my convictions and strength. It is only later that I adapt the sculpture with technical tools to make it wearable."

Lots 36-42 are from a Private Collection of Artist Jewellery.

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