
Kate Flitcroft
Co-Head of Department UK
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Co-Head of Department UK

Co-Head of Department UK
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Born in Manhattan in 1948 and educated at Parsons School of Design and the American Craft Institute, Barry Kieselstein-Cord worked as an art director in advertising before pursuing a career as an artist-jeweller and founding his eponymous company in 1972. His jewellery is characterised by tactile matt-gold sculptural forms inspired by antiquity, Native American art and the natural world. Kieselstein-Cord designed his first sterling silver collection that same year, and in 1973, the collection was presented for sale at Georg Jensen's Manhattan flagship store. Through this partnership with the legendary Danish silverware firm, Kieselstein-Cord's work reached an international audience. It was also around this time that he began working with Calvin Klein.
By the late 1970s, Kieselstein-Cord had begun to integrate gold and gemstones into his work and in 1977, he won his first award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Some of his most sought-after collections from the 1980s including 'Crocodile', 'Pompeii' and 'Borgia' are enjoying a resurgence today.
Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Sir Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Barack Obama and Giorgio Armani are all known collectors of Kieselstein-Cord's work. His designs have found their way into the Louvre in Paris and his 'Women of the World' cuff bracelet is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (accession number 1995.380.2).
Lots 36-42 are from a Private Collection of Artist Jewellery.