Ring
2012 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Austrian jeweller Fritz Maierhofer is also a sculptor, furniture designer and graphic artist. After an apprenticeship in Vienna he moved to London and began to explore more radical approaches to jewellery. In 1971 his work was shown at the Electrum Gallery, London, alongside that of German jewellery makers Claus Bury and Gerd Rothmann. All three broke with convention by combining a non-precious material, such as acrylic, with gold. Maierhofer went on to experiment with an even wider range of materials, including tin and Corian.
This ring is from a collection of lighthearted, vividly coloured aluminium jewellery he made in 2012-13 and marketed using the phrase ‘Fritz goes Fashion!’.
This ring is from a collection of lighthearted, vividly coloured aluminium jewellery he made in 2012-13 and marketed using the phrase ‘Fritz goes Fashion!’.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Aluminium wire, anodized |
| Brief description | Ring of anodized aluminium, by Fritz Maierhofer, Vienna 2012 |
| Physical description | A length of thick aluminium wire, anodized green, which has been bent and twisted to form a ring with sweeping curves and a vertical bezel. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Unmarked.) |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Summary | The Austrian jeweller Fritz Maierhofer is also a sculptor, furniture designer and graphic artist. After an apprenticeship in Vienna he moved to London and began to explore more radical approaches to jewellery. In 1971 his work was shown at the Electrum Gallery, London, alongside that of German jewellery makers Claus Bury and Gerd Rothmann. All three broke with convention by combining a non-precious material, such as acrylic, with gold. Maierhofer went on to experiment with an even wider range of materials, including tin and Corian. This ring is from a collection of lighthearted, vividly coloured aluminium jewellery he made in 2012-13 and marketed using the phrase ‘Fritz goes Fashion!’. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.8-2013 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2013 |
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