An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben" - image-1
An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben" - image-2
An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben" - image-1An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben" - image-2

Lot 101 Dα

An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben"

Auction 1139 - overview Cologne
14.11.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery & Boxes
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.356 € (incl. premium)

An 18k white gold brooch "Schweben"

Partial gilding in yellow gold. After a detail from Kandinsky's painting "Schweben" (1938, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York). Hallmarks: Fineness 750, maker's mark "MP (conjoined)". 3.6 x 4.9 cm. Weight 15.97 g.
Max Pollinger, Munich, 1970, after designs by Wassily Kandinsky.

Provenance

From the goldsmith's estate.

Literature

Cf. the brochure: "Max Pollinger - Cornelia Röthel Goldschmiedearbeiten nach Entwürfen von Wassily Kandinsky", Munich 1970 for a variation of this model in platinum and yellow gold.