Bijoux d'Artistes. Artists' Jewels. Hommage a Francois Hugo

[Francois Hugo]. Claire Siaud & Pierre Hugo.

Les Cypres Editeur. Aix-en-Provence. 2001. First edition. Hardback, quarto; navy cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 232 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. French and English. 295 x 240mm. 1.7kg. 9782951662506. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket.

A survey of the life and work of Francois Hugo, a gold- and silver-smith who collaborated with many great artists of the twentieth century to make artists' jewels. During his life Hugo worked with Arp, Cocteau, Derain, Dubuffet, Ernst, Jean Lurçat, Roberto Matta, Sidney Nolan, Picasso and Dorothea Tanning. The objects created are generously illustrated, alongside commentary and archival documents.