A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-1
A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-2
A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-3
A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-1A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-2A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism. - image-3

Lot 101 Dα

A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism.

Auction 1219 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 16:00 - Jewellery and Watches
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 21.420 € (incl. premium)
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A German stainless steel kinetic double finger ring with a synthetic red corundum prism.

Solid rectangular band mounted with a layered round twisting bezel set with a red corundum in the shape of a stylised house which rotates over the bezel when the wearer moves with the help of a hidden ball bearing. Facsimile signature "F. Becker". Band inner diameter 3.2 x 1.7 cm. Weight 29.04 g.
Friedrich Becker, Düsseldorf, 1980s.

Kinetic jewellery began to appear in the work of the Düsseldorf goldsmith in the mid-1960s. He was a trained aircraft builder and is considered the inventor of kinetic jewellery. He knew the Zero group of artists and representatives of kinetic art such as Calder and Rickey. However, he was particularly influenced by the sober and technical works of the cybernetic French sculptor Nicolas Schoeffler.

Literature

Cf. Becker, Friedrich Becker Schmuck Kinetik Objekte, Stuttgart 1997. for a kinetic double finger ring made from stainless steel on p. 141, no. 10, here with a square bezel and corresponding synthetic corundum.