HENRI GARGAT 1970 PARIS ACRYLIC AND STERLING SILVER GEOMETRIC RING
UNUSUAL KINETIC RING DESIGNED BY HENRI GARGAT (1928-).
THIS KINETIC PIECE WAS MADE IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 1970'S BY THE GOLDSMITH AND ARTIST HENRI GARGAT. IS MADE IN TRANSPARENT LUCITE WITH THE SHAPE OF A SQUARE AND EXHIBIT AT TOP A BUBLED WINDOW, FILLED WITH PARTICLES OF FINE .925 STERLING SILVER, THAT JUMP WITH THE MOVEMENT.
HENRI GARGAT (1928-) IS A FRENCH ARTIST, DESIGNER AND GOLDSMITH. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE FRENCH 20th CENTURY AVANT-GARDE JEWELRY. HIS CREATIONS ARE INNOVATIVE AND VERY CREATIVE DESIGNS, USING COMMON MATERIALS SUCH, ACRYLIC, STEEL AND IN SOME CASES MERCURY. HE OPEN HIS FIRST ATELIER IN PARIS IN 1957 AT THE ILE SAINT-LOUIS. FROM 1978, HENRI GARGAT DEDICATED TO A WORK OF RESEARCH ON MATERIALS SUCH AS WOOD, EBONY AND JASPER. WHICH HE INTERPRETS IN MONUMENTAL FORMS MAINTENING HIS JEWELRY PIECES WITH THE FUNTIONAL USE.
THIS PIECE HAVE AWEIGHT OF 5.9 Grams, THE ACTUAL SIZE IS 8.75, CANNOT BE ENLARGED, CAN BE DOWN SIZED WITH AN INVISSIBLE RING ADJUSTER.
THE TOP VIEW MRASURES ARE 22 BY 22 mm (0.87 Inch). THE RING STAND 30 mm.
AS A NOTE, JEWELRY BY GARGAT ARE NOT USUAL TO SEE IN THE MARKET, THEY ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PIECES. THIS RING CAME FROM A FRENCH COLLECTION WE RECENTLY ADQUIRED.
LITERATURE:
-CF. CAT: Henri Gargat-Bijou Contemporain, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer 2010. -Schmuck 73, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, 1973. -Henri Gargat, l'empreinte, l'avant-garde du bijou contemporain français, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-mer, 2010-2011.
INVENTORY REF: R0000MCNY/.1111
