You Are Viewing a LIMITED EDITION
SET OF 3 MID CENTURY MODERN
C. JERE' / ARTISAN HOUSE

METAL ART SCULPTURES,
POMPOM, STARBURST, SPUTNIK, SEA URCHIN 

In Black and Medium Bronze Finish
LOW DOMESTIC SHIPPING!!!

  THIS IS A RARE FIND FROM WENTWORTH
GALLERY, BEAUTIFUL ATOMIC ARTWORK AND
VINTAGE POST MODERNISM BY THE ARTIST
C. JERE'. EACH OF THE THREE SPINY 360 DEGREE
URCHIN SPHERES ARE CONSTRUCTED BY JERE'S
ARTISAN HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA OUT
OF WELDED HEAVY GAUGE METAL ZINC RODS IN A
BLACK AND MEDIUM BRONZE FINISH, CIRCA
1960-1970. LIMITED RUN OF 1500 SETS.

THE SIZES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

LARGE - 7"
MEDIUM - 5.75"
SMALL - 4.5"

WEIGHT:  3.5 LBS

YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL 3 PIECES AND THE SIGNED
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY IN THIS AUCTION,
CAREFULLY PACKED AND SHIPPED BY INSURED
USPS PRIORITY MAIL.


ABOUT THE ARTIST

C. Jeré works are made and marketed by the
corporation Artisan House. Curtis Jere is a compound
nom-de-plume of artists Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels.
The two founders combined parts of their own names
to create the C. Jeré signature. Modernism magazine
interviewed Jerry Fels shortly before his death in
October 2008. According to the resulting article in
the Spring 2007 issue of Modernism magazine page
116, the company was founded in 1963 by Fels and
his brother-in-law Curtis (Kurt) Freiler. Freiler was
the production chief and Fels was head of design.
Their goal was to produce "Fine Gallery quality art
for the masses." Prior to the establishment of Artisan
House, the two partners built a costume jewellery
business, selling wearable art under the names Renoir
and Matisse, which employed around 300 people at one
point. Kurt and Jerry sold Artisan House in August of 1972.
Curtis (Kurt) Freiler died July 22, 2013 at the age of 103.

The company was sold and resold many times over
the years, but still produces metal sculptures including
reintroductions of popular mid-century designs.
Artisan House sculptures are no longer made in
Los Angeles, California. Production was moved
and outsourced overseas to China in 2003.