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Lot 8|THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA ALLEN DE KWIATKOWSKI
TWO PAIRS OF SHELL EARRINGS
Closed2 December 2020
Price Realised
USD 1,500
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TWO PAIRS OF SHELL EARRINGS
One pair of black and white shells set with mabé pearls, cabochon rubies and gold detail, the other with roped gold and mabé pearls
METAL: 14k yellow gold
STONES: 2 chabochon rubies, 15 mabé pearls
MARKS: 14K MAZ
SIZE/DIMENSIONS: 3.1 x 2.8 cm (black and white shells); 2.5 x 2.3 cm (white shells)
GROSS WEIGHT: 49.5 grams
~Please note that this lot is made from or contains material that may be either protected or regulated. This lot will be restricted to clients within the United States or to clients that collect the lot at Christie's New York. Please check the relevant customs laws before bidding on this lot and see Section G5 of Conditions of Sale for definitions of cataloguing symbols and further information. Please contact Christie’s Jewelry Department with any additional questions before bidding.
One pair of black and white shells set with mabé pearls, cabochon rubies and gold detail, the other with roped gold and mabé pearls
METAL: 14k yellow gold
STONES: 2 chabochon rubies, 15 mabé pearls
MARKS: 14K MAZ
SIZE/DIMENSIONS: 3.1 x 2.8 cm (black and white shells); 2.5 x 2.3 cm (white shells)
GROSS WEIGHT: 49.5 grams
~Please note that this lot is made from or contains material that may be either protected or regulated. This lot will be restricted to clients within the United States or to clients that collect the lot at Christie's New York. Please check the relevant customs laws before bidding on this lot and see Section G5 of Conditions of Sale for definitions of cataloguing symbols and further information. Please contact Christie’s Jewelry Department with any additional questions before bidding.
TWO PAIRS OF SHELL EARRINGS
One pair of black and white shells set with mabé pearls, cabochon rubies and gold detail, the other with roped gold and mabé pearls
METAL: 14k yellow gold
STONES: 2 chabochon rubies, 15 mabé pearls
MARKS: 14K MAZ
SIZE/DIMENSIONS: 3.1 x 2.8 cm (black and white shells); 2.5 x 2.3 cm (white shells)
GROSS WEIGHT: 49.5 grams
~Please note that this lot is made from or contains material that may be either protected or regulated. This lot will be restricted to clients within the United States or to clients that collect the lot at Christie's New York. Please check the relevant customs laws before bidding on this lot and see Section G5 of Conditions of Sale for definitions of cataloguing symbols and further information. Please contact Christie’s Jewelry Department with any additional questions before bidding.
One pair of black and white shells set with mabé pearls, cabochon rubies and gold detail, the other with roped gold and mabé pearls
METAL: 14k yellow gold
STONES: 2 chabochon rubies, 15 mabé pearls
MARKS: 14K MAZ
SIZE/DIMENSIONS: 3.1 x 2.8 cm (black and white shells); 2.5 x 2.3 cm (white shells)
GROSS WEIGHT: 49.5 grams
~Please note that this lot is made from or contains material that may be either protected or regulated. This lot will be restricted to clients within the United States or to clients that collect the lot at Christie's New York. Please check the relevant customs laws before bidding on this lot and see Section G5 of Conditions of Sale for definitions of cataloguing symbols and further information. Please contact Christie’s Jewelry Department with any additional questions before bidding.
THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA ALLEN DE KWIATKOWSKI
“Barbara holds the keys to the other side of the amazingly enormous Warhol story. She was there for all the great statements of Andy’s for years before she cared. She was completely innocent, and she literally saw and heard everything and didn’t give a damn. She had the most naïve and unspoiled eye of any human to enter Manhattan.” –Peter Beard
Known throughout international circles by an affectionately abbreviated name, Babs deK was a figure synonymous with style and glamor. Muse and close friend to Andy Warhol, she was part owner, cover star, and contributor to his renowned Interview magazine. Babs’s Warhol years are well documented in editorials, Polaroids and drawings. She and Andy were the undisputed disco balls of Studio 54, and in their lives outside of the club scene, they shared a deep friendship.
Babs was at the core of the Pop Art movement inspiring and collecting pieces by the artists in her close circle. She always knew who the next “great” would be in the art world and amassed a collection reflective of her distinct sense of taste and style. In the mid-1980s she met Henryk de Kwiatkowski and they shared a long marriage from 1986 until his passing in 2003. She was a loving mother and wife, an international beauty, and one of society’s great hostesses. She had a discerning eye and the ability to create beauty in everything she touched, reflected in the art and objects that filled her homes at Coyners Farm, Connecticut; Calumet Farm, Kentucky; Serendip Cove, Lyford Cay; and 1 Beekman Place, New York. All of her properties were beautifully decorated by the combined force and talent of Babs and Sister Parish of Parish-Hadley Associates, the firm celebrated for its designs of the Kennedy White House.
“Barbara holds the keys to the other side of the amazingly enormous Warhol story. She was there for all the great statements of Andy’s for years before she cared. She was completely innocent, and she literally saw and heard everything and didn’t give a damn. She had the most naïve and unspoiled eye of any human to enter Manhattan.” –Peter Beard
Known throughout international circles by an affectionately abbreviated name, Babs deK was a figure synonymous with style and glamor. Muse and close friend to Andy Warhol, she was part owner, cover star, and contributor to his renowned Interview magazine. Babs’s Warhol years are well documented in editorials, Polaroids and drawings. She and Andy were the undisputed disco balls of Studio 54, and in their lives outside of the club scene, they shared a deep friendship.
Babs was at the core of the Pop Art movement inspiring and collecting pieces by the artists in her close circle. She always knew who the next “great” would be in the art world and amassed a collection reflective of her distinct sense of taste and style. In the mid-1980s she met Henryk de Kwiatkowski and they shared a long marriage from 1986 until his passing in 2003. She was a loving mother and wife, an international beauty, and one of society’s great hostesses. She had a discerning eye and the ability to create beauty in everything she touched, reflected in the art and objects that filled her homes at Coyners Farm, Connecticut; Calumet Farm, Kentucky; Serendip Cove, Lyford Cay; and 1 Beekman Place, New York. All of her properties were beautifully decorated by the combined force and talent of Babs and Sister Parish of Parish-Hadley Associates, the firm celebrated for its designs of the Kennedy White House.