20thobsession Site Update

Please visit www.20thobsession.com to view our recent update with many new items.

Added to our pottery and glass category are pieces by Accolay, Laura Andreson, Harris Strong, Polia Pillin, Rupert Deese, Zeller, Murano and James Wayne.

Our Painting category features new pieces by listed artists such as John Luke Eastman and Leon Dusso.

We have listed seven new sculptures which include C. Jere, Sven Palmqvist and Sascha Brastoff.

Also, updated in Jewelry are many remarkable pieces by Mid-Century studio jewelry designers including:

John Pagacz
Ed Wiener
Betty Cooke
Paul Lobel
Jules Brenner
Elsa Freund
Astrid Fog for Georg Jensen
Miriam Peck
Burle Marx
Tone Vigeland


Keep in mind that our Trocadero site is updated on a weekly basis with new jewelry.

2009 Show Schedule Update

Antonio Pineda at Fowler Museum

Nearly 200 examples of Pineda's jewelry and holloware will be displayed in "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" debuting at the Fowler Museum at UCLA on Aug. 10 and running through March 15, 2009. This show promises a retrospective of Pineda's incredible work from the 1930's through the 1970's.

The book "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" will be published in conjunction with the exhibition in Fall 2008.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, dont miss your chance to see this show. We sure won't!

For more information visit the Fowler Museum's website by clicking here.

Items From My Personal Collection

In this blog I intend to showcase selected pieces from my personal collection that I am especially proud to own.

A few of my recent acquisitions that I am particularly fond of include these pieces from San Diego artist, Mona Trunkfield.

Pictured here is "Ring not to do dishes in" (1972) which was featured in 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand published by Lark Books. This incredible kinetic ring features delicate plique-a-jour enameling on 14 karat gold.





Also pictured is another piece by Mona Trunkfield. This monumental breastplate, executed in 1973, is a true testament to her incredible craftsmanship. Fashioned in silver, 24 karat gold and jade, this piece features a hinged box which stores the extension for a more subtle look...if that's possible!

Show Schedule Update

We are honored to be exhibiting at San Francisco's first ever 20th Century Art and Design Show being held september 10-14, 2008 at
Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center.

More information about this show can be found here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Art Smith - From the Village to Vogue

If you are in the New York area be sure to visit the Brooklyn Museum to view the current exhibit entitled "From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith" which is available for viewing until May 17th 2009.

More information can be found at the Brooklyn Museum as well as on Modern Silver Magazine.

New Vintage Modern Jewelry Finds

Sam Kramer Brooch c. 1950







Ed Wiener Earrings c. 1950








Ed Wiener Cuff Links + Tie Bar Set c. 1950's








Betty Cooke Brooch c. 1950








Sam Kramer Brooch c. 1950