Gold, firm-wired necklace with a hook clasp. Two small geometric embellishment are affixed on each side, a few inches before reaching the pendant. The pendant is made out of two split gold sheets. They are slightly separated by a third piece in the form of a thin zig-zagged sheet. Each of the split sheets are raised and engraved with a relief of half a lip. Assembled together, it creates a balanced almost symmetrical orientation, with the two lips almost touching.

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Due Respiri Necklace

This is a necklace. It was designed by Bruno Martinazzi. It is dated 2005. Its medium is gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Martinazzi’s Due Respiri pendant is a poetic evocation of two breathing mouths whose lips are not quite touching. Made from embossed and engraved gold sheets, this piece recalls the formal restraint found in classical sculpture while capturing the tension and vibrant energy that connects two human beings.

It is credited Promised gift to the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.