-Giampaolo Babetto 1981 Artistic Geometric Cubic Ring In 18Kt Gold With Red Enamel
Geometric ring designed by Giampaolo Babetto (1947-).
An incredible geometric ring, created by the Italian artist Giampaolo Babetto, back in the 1981. This ring has been designed with cubism shapes in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with the surfaces finished with Florentine brush. Accented on each side with straight lines, which are embellished with applications of red enamel.
Weight: 11.3 Grams, (7.24 Dwt.).
Size: 5.5 sizeable.
Measurements: 18 mm by 18 mm by 18 mm (0.71 x 0.71 x 0.71Inches).
Hallmarks: Engraved by the artist himself and signed, "G. BABETTO .750 1981".
Giampaolo Babetto, born in 1947 in Padua Italy. He has had a marked influence on the avant-garde goldsmiths’ scene since the late 1960s. He is one of the protagonists of the Padua School and has significantly moulded the image of art jewellery in Italy and around the world. Babetto’s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or op art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. Made up of different abstract elements, broken down into modular units, or rendered moveable through the use of ingenious links, Babetto’s works have a tectonic character like mini architectural pieces or mini sculptures. As a jewellery artist who has received a number of awards, he prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, dusting the surface with a velvet-like pigment in luminous reds or blues or using enamel and age-old niello-based techniques. He has already been classified a mixed media artist, working not only on jewellery but also on silver objects, furniture design and architectural projects. His oeuvre reflects the uncompromising demands he places on his own handling of the various artistic disciplines, combined with a systematic approach and love of experimentation. With his expressive but nevertheless very wearable pieces, Babetto has become one of the most influential international jewellery artists.
Literature: Florian Hufnagl, Giampaolo Babetto: Litalianita Dei Gioielli. Arnoldsche Art Publishers 2010. Fred Jahn, Friedhelm Mennekes, Andrea Nante. Babetto: The Entity of Being / L’Entità dell’Essere. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt 2022. For similar examples illustrated.
Exhibitions: 2017 Corpo. Movimento. Struttura. Il gioiello contemporaneo e la sua costruzione., MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo. 2016 Giampaolo Babetto - Drawings, Objects, Jewellery, Jahn und Jahn. 2015 A cross / THE cross, Caroline Van Hoek. 2014 La Dolce Vita, Caroline Van Hoek.
Collections: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. RISD Museum, Rhode Island. Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Note: Florentine or Fiorentini finish is a crosshatched decorative technique engraved into the surface of a precious metal. It is usually applied by a hand tool and consists a series of parallel lines engraved in two directions perpendicular to each other.
Collateral: This ring is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box.
Condition: The overall condition of this ring is very good. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the enamel parts. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: R012623TSNM/.2716
