To be offered 19 September 2022, Bérard-Peron Auctioneers, Lyon, France, Lot 72
Estimate 1000-1500 Euros plus Buyer's Premium
Each earring is designed as a scrolled titanium wire, terminating in a glass bead which is decorated with gold leaf. The earrings are signed JAR Paris, no. 50. Each measures approximately 1½ x 1½ inches.
It is undeniable that the jewels created by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, bearing the signature JAR, are considered the finest.
While a vast majority of his creations are dominated by gems and favored by flora and fauna motifs, showcasing his unique skill for expressing color and form, he also creates fantasy and geometric jewels and objects.
JAR utilizes the full spectrum of material – traditional and non-conventional metals, gems and fragments, integrated into three dimensional forms – to create these jeweled sculptures. These “Carnaval of Venice” earrings illustrate his genius and skill as an illusionist to capture movement in a snapshot. Although these earrings are static; the coiling of titanium and gold leaf-covered glass beads allude to kinetic sculpture.
Each jewel signed JAR has been expertly crafted by master bench jewelers that bring to life the extraordinary vision of JAR. The same quality workmanship, passion and desire to push the limits of design, previously seen in the master jewelers of yesteryear; e.g. Boucheron, Boivin, Cartier, Mauboussin, and Poiret share these elements.
Castello & Rossi celebrates the continuum into contemporary design by offering important and noteworthy jewels from the 1800’s to today.
