Jean DESPRES (1889-1980) Modernist necklace with... Lot 49

Jean DESPRES (1889-1980) Modernist necklace with silver and vermeil geometric links Goldsmith's hallmarks and French hallmarks for the silver About 1970 Gross weight: 120.23 g. Bibliography: Melissa Gabardi, Jean Després, Artiste et orfèvre, entre Art déco et modernité", Paris, 2009, page 115, for photographs of similar models in gold Jean Després is one of the most innovative artists of the 1920s and 1930s in the fields of jewelry and goldsmithing. He is considered one of the undisputed masters of the revival movement in table and religious silverware. The modernist jewelry creations and table and religious objects we are presenting for sale, with hammered surfaces and often pure forms, with sober decoration and ornamentation and harmonious volumes, are characteristic of his work.