Sold for:
$12,300
$12,300
18kt Gold, Ruby, and Cultured Pearl Lips Brooch, Henryk Kaston, Designed by Dali, bead-set with circular-cut rubies, enclosing white pearl teeth, lg. 1 7/8 in., signed HK. Note: Kaston, whose work has been exhibited at the Met, the Vatican, and the Smithsonian, is the only living jeweler to have worked with Dali. A person of many accomplishments, Kaston was also a sculptor, inventor, and violin bow maker. Dali said of this design: "Poets of the ages, of all lands, write of ruby lips and teeth of pearls. It remained for Dali to translate this poetic cliche into a true surrealistic object."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-09-09
