Vintage NY Designer Paul Lobel Sterling Silver Modernist Earrings Circa 1950s

Measurements: 1"L x .75"W (2.54cm x 1.91cm)

Markings: Lobel Sterling

Weight: 17.1g

Fantastic pair of traditional modernist clip on earring by the iconic Paul Lobel. They are in excellent condition with no damage of any kind. They could easily and inexpensively be converted to post back earrings by a jeweler. Will be professionally polished before shipping. Exciting and rare collector's set.   

Paul Lobel (1899-1983) New York, NY & Provincetown, RI - Industrial Designer, sculptor & jeweler.  Jewelry from c.1943. Romanian born Paul Lobel, one of the most well-known of the mid-20th Century modernist jewelers, was also a successful painter, cartoonist, sculptor, and designer of glass, furniture and hollowware. From modest beginnings on Manhattan's Lower Eat Side, Lobel rose to achieve a one-man show in Paris in 1925, two awards at the International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1937, and 2 exhibitions at the American Museum of Modern Art in NYC. He was one of a handful modernist jewelers accredited with the wearable art movement in Greenwich Village, along with the likes of Art Smith, Bill Tendler, Sam Kramer, Jules Brenner, Ed Wiener and Henry Steig.