Sophia Vari
'Médée' Clip Earrings
Lot Closed
October 6, 04:35 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sophia Vari
b. 1940
'Médée' Clip Earrings
circa 2000, signed VARI with French assay marks, edition 3/6
18k gold, ebony, and emerald roots sculptural clip earrings
Approximately: 2 by 1⅓ in., 5.1 by 3.5 cm.
Private Collection, Belgium
Paris, Artcurial, Bijoux Sculptés, 2010
Philippe Garcia and Laurence Mouillefarine, Bijoux sculptés: Sophia Vari, La Martinière, Paris, 2010, p. 74
Louisa Guinness, Art as Jewellery: From Calder to Kapoor, ACC Art Books, Suffolk, 2018, p. 184 for matching ring
Vari’s Médée clip earrings were named after the Greek enchantress Medea who aided Jason, leader of the Argonauts, in his quest to obtain the prized golden fleece from her father, King Aeëtes of Colchis. She was of divine descent and had the gift of prophecy.
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