ART SMITH (1917-1982) COPPER AND BRASS CUFF BRACELET an open hole cuff in abstract form, signed Art Smith, interior circumference approximately 7 in. Footnotes: Art Smith (1917-1982) was one of America's leading modernist jewelers from the 1940s to the 1970s. Trained at the Cooper Union, Smith initially studied architecture before turning to jewelry design. As an openly gay Black artist, Smith found Greenwich Village in New York an ideal place to establish his studio and store. In 1969, the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Art and Design) exhibited a retrospective of his work and he was included in the influential 'Objects: USA' traveling exhibition. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing