BIJOUX D’ARTISTES: ARTIST’S JEWELS, HOMMAGE À FRANÇOIS HUGO Year: 2001 Authors: Claire Siaud and Pierre HUGO Publisher: Les Cypres Editeur Derived from the imagination and curiosity of world-renowned artists, the artist’s jewel holds a special place. The bilingual work “Jewels of Artists – Artist’s jewels – Tribute to François Hugo” was created by Claire Siaud and Pierre Hugo, and published by Les Cyprès Editeur in 2001. It explores the jewels made by François Hugo, in limited edition, for many artists (Jean Arp, Jean Cocteau, Andre Derain, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Jean Lurcat, Roberto Matta, Sidney Nolan, Picasso and Dorothea Tanning), then by Pierre Hugo (Arman, Corneille), son of the creator of the workshop. The book is divided into chapters, each corresponding to an artist introduced by a short presentation. It should be noted that the pages concerning Picasso’s jewels are the most numerous, the collaboration, which begun in 1956 was particularly fruitful. This collaboration gave rise to the manufacture of objects made of precious metals: plates, compotes, vases, medallions and statuettes. The collaboration of François Hugo and Picasso ended in 1961, when the artist retired to live in Mougins.

Year: 2018 Authors: Diane Venet, Olivier Gabet, and Karine Lacquemant Publisher: Flammarion Bijoux d’artistes de Calder à Jeff Koons brings together more than 200 jewellery pieces by influential artists of the twentieth century, including Keith Haring, Anish Kapoor, Orlan, Sol LeWitt, Jeff Koons, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Man Ray. These jewels, most of which are unique and the fruits of exceptional creators, are far from minor, decorative art. They take on the status of a work of art. Together, they form an ideal collection of works, delicate and original. “The artist’s jewel is an impulse of the heart or an empirical exploration, between first vision and the sublime.” – Olivier Gabet, Director of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris    

Art as Jewellery by collector and gallery owner Louisa Guinnes provides a visually beautiful introduction to jewellery by the masters of twentieth and twenty-fist century art. From Man Ray and Alexander Calder to Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor, the publication is a chronological timeline of jewellery presentation with Louisa Guinnes’s insightful commentary about each artist, their work and the stories behind their pieces. To accompany the texts are stunning photographs taken by renowned 20th century photographers  such as Ugo Mulas along with top photographer Alexander English.

Elisabetta Cipriani – Wearable Art includes the 23 projects that came to life in the past 8 years. In this publication readers can find the story of each project within correspondences between Elisabetta and the artists, original sketches and photographs. Explaining the way how these wearable art pieces were conceived and the concepts behind them, the catalogue is an extraordinary lecture also to understand what inspires the artists to create their art.

Year: 2015 Author: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, FSA Publisher: Didier Ltd This is Didier and Martine Haspeslagh’s sixth catalogue, celebrating the jewels created by Italian artists – painters, sculptors and architects – from the second half of the 20th century. Assembled over the past 10 years, this catalogue contains 119 examples by 33 artists ranging from painters like Afro and Mirko Basaldella to Pietro Annigoni, and especially sculptors including Giacomo Manzu, Fausto Melotti, and Arnaldo Pomodoro, and even the influential architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The jewels have been grouped here into three sections: Mario Masenza and the School of Rome, Sculptural Jewels and Exhibitions, and GEM Montebello and Artist Editions.

Year: 2015 Elisabetta Cipriani – Jewellery by Artists catalogue of unique wearable sculptures created by renowned international sculptors and painters with the use of precious metal and stones. The catalogue features exclusive collaboration projects of Elisabetta Cipriani with 16 distinctive contemporary artists including Avish Khebrehzadeh, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Enrico Castellani, Erwin Wurm, Giorgio Vigna, Jannis Kounellis Rebecca Horn, Tatsuo Miyajima and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.

Year: 2015 Publisher: Vitraria Glass +A Museum

Year: 2013 Publisher: Electa

Year: 2001 Publisher: Galleria Fumagalli

Year: 2004 Publisher: Silvana Editoriale