POL BURY 1968 BELGIUM ARTIST KINETIC SCULPTURAL RING IN 18 KT YELLOW GOLD
A RING DESIGNED BY POL BURY (Belgium 1922-2005).
A PIECE OF KINETIC ART CREATED IN 1968 BY THE BELGIAN ARTIST POL BURY. THIS "BOULES DES DEUX COTES D'UNE PLANCHE" RING, WAS HANDMADE IN 18K GOLD WITH A BRILLIANT FINISHING, THE DESIGN IS COMPOSED OF A SQUARE PLATFORM WHERE SPHERES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS FLOAT.
HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 19.7 Grams AND THE ACTUAL SIZE IS 6.75, SIZE ABLE. THE TOP VIEW MEASURES ARE 25.3 mm (1 Inch) BY 25.3 mm (1 Inch) AND RAISE 16 mm OVER THE FINGER.
IS STAMPED WITH THE MAKER'S MARKS 798M AND INCISED WITH THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE, "POL BURY 68 46/50 GEM .750".
ABOUT THE ARTIST: BEST KNOWN FOR HIS KINETIC SCULPTURES, BELGIAN ARTIST POL BURY BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A SURREALIST PAINTER HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF RENE MAGRITTE AND YVES TANGUY. AFTER TURNING TO GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION AND ASSOCIATING BRIEFLY WITH THE COBRA GROUP, AN AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENT THAT ESPOUSED THE COMPLETE FREEDOM OF COLOR AND FORM, BURY DISCOVERED ALEXANDER CALDER'S WORK AND BEGAN MAKING MOBILES OF PAINTED SHAPES AND SCULPTURES IN WHICH MOVEMENT WAS EMPHASIZED. THE MOVEMENTS HE ASSIGNED TO THESE SOMETIMES-MONUMENTAL WORKS WERE OFTEN SLOW AND ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. “SPEED LIMITS SPACE; SLOWNESS INCREASES IT,” HE ONCE SAID. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, BURY CREATED A NUMBER OF FOUNTAINS THAT INCORPORATED WATER INTO THEIR KINETIC WORKINGS, INCLUDING HIS WELL KNOWN L’OCTAGON (1985) IN SAN FRANCISCO.
NOTE: FROM AN EDITION OF 50 PIECES, THIS IS THE PIECE NUMBER 46. EXECUTED BY GEM IN MONTEBELLO MILAN FOR, GALERIE MAUGHT, PARIS 1968.
LITERATURE: POL BURY (MAEGHT), DORE ASHTON, ED. MAEGHT, PARIS 1970.
THE ART OF JEWELERY AND ARTISTS' JEWELS IN THE 20TH CENTURY, EX. CAT., MUSEUM DEGLI ARGENTI, FIRENZE 2001.
POL BURY, ROSEMARY E. PHALKE, CAT. RAIS, DORTMUND 1994/95, J-69.
GUINNESS, LOUISA. ART AS JEWELLERY: FROM CALDER TO KAPOOR. BELGIUM: ACC ART BOOKS LTD, 2017. [SIMILAR ILLUSTRATED ON Pp 135]
EXHIBITED: 1971 POL BURY, CARACAS, ESTUDIO ACTUAL. 1971 POL BURY, NEW YORK, CARTIER. 1972 BIJOUX DE POL BURY, PARIS GALERIE MAUGHT.
PROVENANCE: ADQUIRED IN 1970 AT GALERIE MAUGHT, PARIS. FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
COLLECTIONS: TATE MUSEUM, LONDON, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) NEW YORK.
IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
INVENTORY REF: R0000ONSN/.4735
