Jewels / Cleto Munari & Friends, Artist's Proofs
Monday 22 September 2025, 04:00 PM • Milan
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Auction details
In 1973, Cleto Munari met architect Carlo Scarpa. This encounter gave rise to a unique creative journey, culminating in the founding of the Cleto Munari company, a veritable laboratory of ideas where some of the most important architects and designers of the 20th century—from Ettore Sottsass to Gio Ponti, from Vico Magistretti to Achille Castiglioni – created visionary and refined objects, initially in silverware, jewelry, and watchmaking, and then expanding into glass, ceramics, writing instruments, furniture, carpets, and leather.
In 1985, the famous Jewelry Collection took shape, consisting of about 250 creations made in collaboration with architects, artists, and designers called upon to explore a language that was new to them but full of charm. The result of total creative freedom, these works are now considered among the finest examples of contemporary jewelry and are housed in the permanent collections of world-renowned museums such as MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
All the lots in this catalog are artist’s prototypes, unique pieces.
Provenance: Private collection, Cleto Munari
It is possible to request the official Cleto Munari expertise from the Finarte offices after purchasing a lot
ADDRESS
Milan / Via dei Bossi, 2
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For all enquiries and condition report
gioielli@finarte.it
+39 02 3363801
SESSION
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Exhibition
Lots can be viewed only by appointmentFrom 15 to 19 September
from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and form 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Milan / Via dei Bossi, 2
(get direction)
For all enquires and appointment:
gioielli@finarte.it
+39 02 3363801
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Buyer's Premium calculated on the hammer price is 25%
For all lots in this auction, the hammer price is subject to 5% VAT (if due)
Purchased lots can be collected by appointment by contacting the department
Conditions of Sale
The Jewelry Department offers jewellery and precious items to buyers and collectors from all over the world.
The Department is active both in Milan and Rome. It organizes two auctions a year, one in the spring and one in the autumn semester with catalogues hugely appealing to the Italian and international markets.
The lots in Finarte’s auctions include high jewellery and big names, from Van Cleef & Arpels to Cartier to the prestigious Italian goldsmith tradition from Bulgari to Frascarolo, from Pomellato to Buccellati.
Particular attention is devoted to ancient jewels: of unparalleled charm, they often represent non-reproducible artisan creations, the results of the extraordinary execution of the master goldsmiths and artistic expressions of rare elegance.
The auctions register excellent results with certified diamonds, precious gems and natural pearls that attract collectors and buyers from all over the world and represent a form of investment whose value lasts over time.
Department experts are selecting goods and entire collections for the upcoming auctions.
For all enquires and valuations:
gioielli@finarte.it
Milan Office: +39 02 3363801
Rome Office: +39 06 6791107
