18k necklace by Haroldo Burle Marx,circa 1975.95.48 grams and 61.4 dwts.16 inches long.////////////////////////////////////////////////(From The Adventurine.com):""The boardwalk of swirling black and white pebbles at Copacabana beach is one of the most famous sites in Rio. It was designed by Roberto Burle Marx in the 1930s. A celebrated landscape architect, Roberto collaborated on several projects with renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer including the capital in Brasília. He also designed the shapes for outrageously imaginative gems that were set in jewels created by his brother Haroldo Burle Marx.The Mahnaz Collection in New York, that specializes in bold twentieth century jewelry, some of which is available at Barneys, has an extraordinary selection of Burle Marx. An array of over 60 pieces was put on display at the Wright Gallery in New York in June. Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos of the Mahnaz Collection generously allowed me to take a second look at the Burle Marx pieces in her vault for our celebration of Brazilian jewelry talent in honor of the Olympic Games in Rio.The boardwalk at the Copacabana beach designed by Roberto Burle Marx.The Burle Marx brothers were from a well to do family of German Jews, distantly related to Karl Marx, who emigrated to Rio in 1895. Roberto, Haroldo and their brother Walter all excelled in creative fields. In 1967 Time referred to the siblings as “the most amazing and talented brother act in Brazil.” Walter was a composer, pianist and conductor of the Rio Philharmonic. Roberto had many creative talents above and beyond landscape architecture. He was a painter, sculptor and botanist among other things. Haroldo was solely focused on jewelry. A designer, lapidary and gemologist, Haroldo ran a successful workshop in Rio from the 1930s through the 1980s. His exceptional work was a source of pride for the nation. When dignitaries visited Brazil, the government often commissioned Haroldo to create pieces to present to them. Japan’s Empress Nagako, for one example, received an opal necklace when she visited the country. Queen Margrethe of Denmark wore a Burle Marx demi suite of an aquamarine ring and brooch on her wedding trip in 1966. Other luminaries who had at least one piece of the designer’s jewelry include Joan Bennett, Merle Oberon and Natalie Wood.Haroldo’s jewelry captures that curvaceous kind of modern style that exists south of the equator. The forms are at once organic and architectural. In a 1983 interview in Connoisseur magazine he said, “Although I love it, the past cannot be brought back again. New things must be made. I like to think that I’m a small link in pioneering jewelry concepts in finding new roads, although I deeply respect the old roads.”Haroldo did pioneer new looks and his influence can be seen in Brazilian jewelry designer’s work to this day. When his pieces were set with gems designed by his brother Roberto the combination was something truly special. The gems Roberto conceived were in a style called the Forma Livre Cut or free form cut. The shapes transform Brazilian semiprecious gems into architectural elements in the jewels. In conjunction with the unusual forms of the metal, there is a movement to the jewelry comparably to the swirls seen in the pebbles of Copacabana beach or the rhythmic energy of Brazil’s Samba."------------------------------------------------------------------Someone on liveAuctioneers wrote to us the following information about the non involvement of Roberto Burle Marx in the jewelry business:"..Roberto was not in the Jewelry business. My family brought Haroldo Burle Marx to the US in 1981. We had world rights to his jewelry till his death in 1991. You will never find a published article where he talks about being in business with his brother.He was not.We had the Connoisseur article written about him and my mother and my families business is mentioned throughout. People are using Roberto’s name to try and sell Haroldo’s jewelry. It’s unethical and wrong.".----------------------------------David's notes:There is and has been for some time debates in the jewelry world about whether or not and to what extent Roberto Burle Marx participated and contributed to the firm of Haroldo Burle Marx, it's jewelry designs and production. For the record we will say we don't know to what extent Roberto contributed to the jewelry firm, if anything, but we are not stating that Roberto Burle Marx (who is famous for garden design and landscape painting),was a collaborator with his brother on this necklace, only that it came from the firm of Haroldo Burle Marx.

Good condition overall.Marked 750(18k gold) and Burle Marx.95.48 grams 16 inches long.