Turquoise and Sterling Silver Ring [SOLD]

A long slender turquoise stone is set in a plain silver bezel and attached to a cast silver base exhibiting a traditional Southwestern rug design. There are two fractures in the stone but it is well secured in the bezel.

Provenance: From the estate of Transcendental artist Florence Pierce of Albuquerque who passed away in 2007 at the age of 89. She was best known for luminescent paintings made of pigmented resins on reflective surfaces. Her interest in abstraction began in the 1930s when she was an associate of the Transcendental Painting Group. The New York Times called her “the doyenne of abstract art in the Southwest” following her art exhibit in New York City in 2006.