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AN ICONIC SALVADOR DALÍ `ÉTOILE DE MER` CULTURED PEARL, RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD BROOCH

Lot 73
07.06.2023 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 967015
Lot 73 | AN ICONIC SALVADOR DALÍ 'ÉTOILE DE MER' CULTURED PEARL, RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD BROOCH
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$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
AN ICONIC SALVADOR DALÍ 'ÉTOILE DE MER' CULTURED PEARL, RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD BROOCH
Designed as a starfish with extending branches, cultured pearl of approximately 20.66 x 19.64 x 17.30 mm, round and single-cut diamonds, round rubies, buff-top emeralds, platinum and yellow gold, accompanied by two attachable butterfly enhancements, one green-blue, brown, yellow and orange round and single-cut diamonds, the other of buff-top sapphires and emeralds, yellow gold and platinum, circa 1950, unsigned

Size/Dimensions: starfish brooch 17.5 x 16.2 cm (6 7/8 x 6 3/8 in); larger butterfly enhancement 4.8 x 3.8 cm (1 7/8 x 1 ½ in); smaller butterfly enhancement 4.1 x 3.2 cm (1 5/8 x 1 ¼ in)
Gross Weight: 169.4 gramsDalí, S.




Provenance

Rebekah Harkness (1915 - 1982)

Christie's, New York, 23 - 24 October 1995, sale 8250, lot 420



Literature

Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, The Jeweled Menagerie: The World of Animals in Gems, Thames & Hudson, 2001, pages 164 - 165

M. Fasel, Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom, New York, Charles Miers, 2020, page 91



Exhibited

American Museum of Natural History, New York, 12 June 2021 - 19 September 2021



Post lot text

Please note that the colored diamonds have not been tested for natural color.

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