Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1454746 (stock #4087)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Marci Zelmanoff

Huge sculptural brooch featuring her classic wire construction in mixed metals with ceramic stone

6" long

Weight - 64 grams

Marked Zelmanoff '72

Very good vintage condition with minor roughness on the ceramic stone

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1425597 (stock #4050)
Auerbach and Maffia
$895.00

Marci Zelmanoff mixed metal ring

Gold and silver organic form "stones" embedded in silver, rose and yellow gold granulated bubbles combine to create a classic hand crafted work

Call it surrealist or brutalist it's definitely her signature and intense style.

Zelmanoff's work was featured in major artisan publications of the 1970s as well displayed in many well know galleries of the time.

More recently, however, Zelmanoff's work has definitely been flying under ...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1421568 (stock #3647)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Marci Zelmanoff intensely crafted mixed metal and wire mesh brooch/pendant

Sterling, silver mesh, brass and enamel

2 3/8" x 3 1/2"

1979

Can be worn as a brooch or a pendant

Etched on verso - Marci Zelmanoff, February, 1979

Fine vintage condition

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University

Her primary i...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1350639 (stock #4061)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,495.00

Marci Zelmanoff sterling and brass brooch/pendant

5 1/8" long x 2 1/2" wide

Weight - 15 grams

Organic design exhibiting the artist's trademark intricate wire work

Inscribed - Zelmanoff, 2/21/80

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1193701 (stock #2734)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

Marci Zelmanoff mixed metals sterling brooch/pendant

1979

2" x 1 1/4"

Marked on verso

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #941224 (stock #2315)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,400.00

American Modernist Sterling with Gold Nude Torso Brooch

Marci Zelmanoff

Signed & Dated 23 July 1970, NYC

Excellent condition

2 1/2" x 1 1/16"

All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1980 item #845183 (stock #2177 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$350.00

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Known as an painter, sculptor and silversmith.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Collage measures 7 3/8" x 10".

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #814332 (stock #2151 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,650.00

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Oversized twisted silver wire brooch.

4" x 4"

Very good vintage condition.

Unsigned

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #771659 (stock #2095)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,000.00

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Oversized mixed metal brooch - abstract textured collage.

3 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Very good vintage condition.

Hand signed and dated - June 3, 1979.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #731600 (stock #2016 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,000.00

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Mixed metal brooch with rich and vibrant expressionist imagery.

2 1/4" x 2"

Very good vintage condition.

Signed and dated - May 26, 1979