Art Smith 'Paraspiral' Brass-Plated Copper Necklace
Of arc form with ball and spiral closure, signed Art Smith. Length 19 inches.

Art Smith (1917-1982), the renowned African American jewelry designer, studied at the Cooper Union and opened a studio on 140 West 4th Street in New York City in 1948. His work was honored with a one-man show at Museum of Contemporary Crafts in 1969. His work is biomorphic in form, and often used negative space as a design element. His 'paraspiral' necklace is illustrated in Marbeth Schon, Form and Function: American Modernist Jewelry, 1940-1970, 2008. Smith's work is held in various museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which holds his lava cuff bracelet, a gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler.

C Property from the Estate of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler

Wear to the brass plating, shows cropper interior particularly around rim closest to neck and on chain.

Width 2 inches (at widest point).

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