Art Smith Sterling Silver Ring with Agate

The most cool Art Smith ring, featuring Agate stone with silver overlay. Signed Art Smith Sterling Circa 1950’s

Arthur George “Art” Smith (1917–1982) was one of the leading modernist jewelers of the mid-20th century, and one of the few Afro-Caribbean people working in the field to reach international recognition. He trained at Cooper Union, NYU, and under Winifred Mason

During his life, Smith’s work was featured in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Posthumously, Smith’s work was the subject of an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 2008-2011 and is held in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Museum of Art and Design, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts