295: GENE MOORE FOR TIFFANY & CO., Silver and enamel bear on skates and lion < Fall Jewelry, 26 October 2022 < Auctions

Fall Jewelry

26 October 2022

Fall Jewelry

295

Gene Moore for Tiffany & Co.

Silver and enamel bear on skates and lion

Comprising a bear on roller skates and a roaring lion; c. 1988-90
Sterling silver
Signed Tiffany & Co.
4.75 x 2 x 2 in and 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.75 in ; Gross weight 285.7 dwts

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,820

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Gene Moore’s circus figures for Tiffany & Co. continue to excite collectors and these were given by Gene Moore to fellow window designer, Tom Beebe. Gene Moore acted as both mentor and friend to Beebe, who is responsible for the Moore window archives preservation and digital presentation at the Smithsonian museum. Tom Beebe continues to enchant New Yorkers with visual projects and last year was responsible for the holiday display at the Pulitzer Fountain.
provenance: Gift from Gene Moore to current owner
literature: Tiffany & Co. Fall Selections 1990, catalog, pg. 25 illustrates similar example of bear
Tiffany & Co. Summer Selections 1996, catalog, pg. 31 illustrates similar example of lion

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

The Greatest Show on Earth

Gene Moore's Circus for Tiffany & Co.

Renowned the world over as a boundary-pushing window designer for Tiffany & Co., Gene Moore was a master of fantastical world-building. From the mid-1950s to the late 1990s, Moore crafted wildly enchanting scenes for Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue flagship, even incorporating the contemporary art of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol. In the 1980s, he branched out into designing a new sort of spectacle drawn from historic Americana: a circus in miniature, rendered in sterling silver and vibrantly colored enamel. Moore let his imagination soar and Tiffany & Co. brought his vision to life, from daring acrobats and dinosaurs outfitted in saddles to a gaggle of clowns and lions, tigers, and bears – and much more.