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Annemarie Davidson learned her enameling craft first from the great Doris Hall (1907-2001) in Cambridge, MA in 1957. In California she continued her studies with Curtis Tann. Her combination of geometric and organic form in her designs culminated in her most celebrated abstract designs, her Jewel line which features pieces of glass used to create free-form organic shapes which she calls Jewels. She also uses a sgraffito technique, incising straight lines from the center of her plate with the sharp point of a dart.
This lighter measuring 4 1/2 inches tall x 2 1/2 inches wide, is most likely from the 1961-1962 time period. The wood box into which the lighter mechanism was placed was made by another California craftsman named Blaine Rath with whom Davidson has collaborated since 1959. This ashtray features the pattern a Starfish on it.. All in all, a stunning combination of utlity and art.
The lighter is in excellent condition and is not signed with Annemarie Davidson's characteristic AD intertwined initials on the bottom of it but I guarantee it to be by her.
The work of Annemarie Davidson was included in the seminal exhibit titled Painting with Fire which opened in Jan 2007 at the Long Beach Museum of Art. She was one of 30 enamelists included with a one page entry on her life and work. Her page is page 266 of the catalogue.
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