JEWELRY OF MARGARET DE PATTA, THE. A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION

Author: Neubert, George W., Curator of Art
Country: California
Language: English
Year Published: 1976
No. of pages: 72
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 28 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 6”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Cat. of exh.
Code: 5830

Price: $45.00

When the artist began her jewelry career there was virtually no tradition of handicrafted jewelry within which to work and few of today’s supporting and nurturing elements for the arts were present. Within this milieu, Margaret De Patta is further distinguished by being one of the few American jewelers whose work and ideas were allied to the then currently evolving ideas presented in the modern art movement. Her strong motivation to establish jewelry as an informed and personal expression of the highest order led her to become one of the leading spokespersons for the dignity of the mealworkers craft as it developed during the relatively arid environment of the thirties in this country.