Acknowledgments                                                                       5

Introduction                                                                                 6

Part I. Revolutionary Changes 1930-1945

Chapter 1. The Formative Years                                                  8

The American Metalsmith                                                           8

European Influences of the 1920s-1940s                                  11

Chapter 2. The Pioneers                                                             20

A. Calder                                                                                   20

H. Bertoia                                                                                  21

I. Lassaw                                                                                   22

M. DePatta                                                                                25

S. Kramer                                                                                  29

P Macchiarini                                                                             34

Part II. Expansion 1946-1950

Chapter 3. The Expanding Market for Modernist Jewelry        42

M. C. Withers                                                                            43

B. Cooke                                                                                    46

Greenwich Village                                                                     51

F. Rebajes                                                                                  52

Lobel                                                                                          56

E. Wiener                                                                                   60

A. Smith                                                                                    69

E. Levin                                                                                     76

B. Tendler                                                                                  82

J. Brenner                                                                                   84

H. Steig                                                                                      85

Chapter 4. "Modem Handmade Jewelry,"

Museum of Modern Art, 1946                                                 88

A. Albers                                                                                   88

W. Bennett                                                                                89

J. deDiego                                                                                  90

Farr                                                                                            90

A. Hammid                                                                                90

Hillsmith                                                                                    91

Hurst & Kingsbury                                                                    92

A. Husted-Andersen                                                                 93

G. Karlan                                                                                   93

H. Krauss                                                                                   93

J. Lipchitz                                                                                 93

R. Pousette-Dart                                                                        94

J. De Rivera                                                                               94

Chapter 5. "Modern Jewelry Under Fifty Dollars,"

Walker Art Center, 1948                                                           96

D. Aaron                                                                                    97

E. Bach                                                                                      97

Bergmann                                                                                  97

W. De Hart                                                                                98

B. Diamond                                                                               98

C. Falkenstein                                                                            98

D. Hall                                                                                     102

R W. Jacobs                                                                             104

F. Lee                                                                                       105

L. A. McMillen                                                                        105

K. Monroe                                                                               105

P Morton                                                                                  105

M. Pineda                                                                                106

R. Raseman                                                                              107

W. Rhodes                                                                               107

Rima                                                                                        107

C. Rosene                                                                                108

Z. Shatz                                                                                   109

Shecter                                                                                     110

Winfield Fine Art in Jewelry                                                   110

B. Winston                                                                               114

Part III. The Creation of an American Mass Culture 1950-1960

Chapter 6."The Contemporary Jewelry Exhibit on

Paper," Walker Art Center, 1955                                             119

H. J. Atwater                                                                           120

G. Bacopulos                                                                           120

M. Ball                                                                                     121

M. B. Barns                                                                             122

J. Beckman                                                                              124

J. Et M. Best                                                                            124

M. Bohr                                                                                   124

F.H. Boothby                                                                           124

M.N. Boyer                                                                              124

M. J. Brandt                                                                             125

H.O. Et J. Brown                                                                     125

I. Brynner                                                                                126

E. Caldwell                                                                              133

O. K. Chatt                                                                              134

M. Chayat                                                                                134

A. Et M. Dey                                                                           136

J. Defeo                                                                                   136

R. Dhaemers                                                                            137

V. Dudley                                                                                139

D. L. Et M. DuSell                                                                  142

R. D. Easton                                                                            142

R. & A. Engstrom                                                                    142

G. Faddis                                                                                 143

L. Fader                                                                                   143

R Fike                                                                                      144

R. Gabriel                                                                                146

R. Gardner                                                                               146

J. E. Gates                                                                                146

M. Z. Goodman                                                                       146

W. Harrison                                                                             146

L. Halsam                                                                                147

D. P. Hatch                                                                              147

M. Kretsinger                                                                           147

J. S. Lanham                                                                            148

Lauritzen                                                                                  148

B. McCabe                                                                               148

L. McKinin                                                                              148

M. Mcllroy                                                                               149

E. Pardon                                                                                 149

M. S. Peck                                                                               156

C. Pence                                                                                   156

E. P. Peterson                                                                          156

N. & D. Peterson                                                                     156

A. Petesch                                                                                157

C.O. Podzsus                                                                           157

D. Price                                                                                    157

F.J. Reed                                                                                  157

M. Regnier                                                                               157

B. M. Reid                                                                               158

m. renk                                                                                     158

F. Resnikoff                                                                             164

R. Roach                                                                                  166

H. Roth                                                                                    172

T.E. Ryder                                                                               172

G.K. Salo                                                                                 172

M. Savin                                                                                  173

A. H. Schell                                                                             173

C. Schmidt                                                                               173

P.J. Smith                                                                                 177

O.H. Soffa                                                                               180

F Stephen                                                                                 180

A. Steppat                                                                                180

J. Sterne                                                                                   180

B. Stevens                                                                                180

R. Suttman                                                                               180

J. Szymak                                                                                 181

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