Vtg 1950s Ed Wiener Solid Sterling Silver Oxidised Modernist Bird Brooch Pin

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Vtg 1950s Ed Wiener Solid Sterling Silver Oxidised Modernist Bird Brooch Pin:
$254.89

Vintage 1950s Ed Wiener Oxidised Solid Sterling Silver Modernist Bird Brooch PinA rare stunning brooch in excellent condition with minimal age related wear that does not detract from its overall presentation, slight discolouration to the oxidised silverPlease view photos for measurements Please view photos carefully as they form part of the description Please view my other listings More on the maker, Ed Wiener
Ed Wiener began his career in artists\' circles in post-Bauhaus Provincetown and Greenwich Village, in the early days of the Abstract Expressionist movement of the late 1940\'s. The two movements were joined in his jewelry designs.\"His jewelry of the period has unusual clarity in contrast to the baroque exuberance and surrealistic fantasy of some of his contemporaries,\" Dr. Milton W. Brown, an art historian, wrote later.Among his clients were Louise Nevelson, the sculptor, and Martha Graham, the dancer.Mr. Wiener worked largely in silver until the late 1950\'s when he branched out into new settings in gold and precious jewels, moving, as one critic put it, from craft into art. Over the years he had studios on 53d Street and on Fifth Avenue and continued to work at his Fifth Avenue gallery, by appointment, until his death.A native New Yorker, he was largely self-taught and learned to make jewelry with plumbers\' and carpenters\' tools.