OPEN TODAY 12-7 PM. NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT 1945-1975 (1976) Major overview of international Jewellery practices from 1945-1975, published in 1976 by the great Studio Vista, London. Alongside artists' statements/profile spreads that include many examples of their work (in colour and b/w), this hardcover volume features many major texts on contemporary jewellery at the height of a resurgence of jewellery as an art form in the mid-1970s. There are also chapters on museums and public galleries that exhibit jewellery, as well as commercial galleries and private collections of the time, a further reading list, index and much more. " ... a major survey of recent and contemporary developments (in jewellery), presenting the broad span of this innovative work in over 400 superb illustrations ..." Includes the work of Wendy Ramshaw, Barry Merritt, Robert Smit, Bruno Martinazzi, Margaret De Patta, John Penderleith, Alexander Calder, Susanna Heron, André Derain, Gijs Bakker, Marc Camille Chaimowitz, Claus Bury – to name but a few. One copy in the shop today and via our new website. #worldfoodbooks #jewelry #studiovista (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)
