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Charles Loloma Turquoise, Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Gold Ring, circa 1975

Name: Charles Loloma Turquoise, Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Gold Ring, circa 1975
Brand: Charles Loloma
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Price:$8,000

$9,500List Price

About the Item

A ring of stacked turquoise, coral, lapis lazuli, malachite, and gold; mounted in 18-karat gold • Signed Loloma • Ring Size: 5½ Charles Loloma is the finest Native American jeweler of the twentieth century. In the 1960s and 1970s, he created beautiful bold jewelry that both drew on his native roots, and incorporated a broader experience with the arts. Loloma combined stacked stone and mosaic in unusual color and material combinations. While he drew on his Hopi ancestry for the origins of his art and material choices, using turquoise and silver, he also incorporated unusual materials, such as sugilite, lapis lazuli, ivory, wood, and fossilized wood in his designs. The finest of these designs were set in a vibrant polished gold showcasing the stacked and fitted stones. The ring incorporates stacked stones and gold in a bold vertical piece with an unusual shape reminiscent of a natural landscape. The placement of stones in each of Loloma’s design is purposeful and considered in the service of creating wearable beauty. This ring was owned by Betty Melaver, wife of Norton Meleaver, a supermarket magnate from Savannah, Georgia. They were known for their philanthropy and art collection Novelist N. Scott Momaday said of the artist, that while he was true to his Hopi roots, “In his art he achieved universal expression. The vision that informed his work is . . . inspiration raised to the highest level; it has its being in terms of wonder and delight and the deepest reverence for the essentially beautiful. Beyond other men, Charles Loloma perceived beauty in the earth, in the water, and in the sky. And with great precision and boundless imagination, he reflected truly in the nearly perfect things that came from his hands.” This beautiful ring by Charles Loloma would be an important addition to any collection. . About: Charles Loloma was born to the Badger Clan in 1921 on the Third Mesa of the Arizona Hopi Reservation. Involved in the arts from a young age, while in high school he helped a Hopi artist paint murals for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. He studied pottery, and in 1954 opened a shop in Scottsdale. Loloma began to make jewelry and found his passion incorporating traditional materials and forms with new materials and modern interpretation. Produced until the mid 1980s, his work is included in important museum collections and has been the subject of a book and several exhibitions. Frank Lloyd Wright was a notable client. Provenance Betty Melaver Literature cf. Struever, Martha Hopkins. Loloma. Santa Fe: The Wheelright Museum of the American Indian, 2005, p. 134.

Creator:
Charles Loloma
Metal:
Gold,18k Gold
Stone:
Coral,Lapis Lazuli,Malachite,Turquoise
Stone Cut:
Mixed Cut
Weight:
14.1 g
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1975
Condition:
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: F69851stDibs: LU2075210733962

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