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sz5.75 Ed Wiener (1918-1991) New York Modernist sterling and amethyst ring<br><br>"His jewelry of the period has unusual clarity in contrast to the baroque exuberance and surrealistic fantasy of some of his contemporaries," Dr. Milton W. Brown, an art historian, wrote later.<br><br>Among his clients were Louise Nevelson, the sculptor, and Martha Graham, the dancer.<br><br>Mr. Wiener worked largely in silver until the late 1950's when he branched out into new settings in gold and precious jewels, moving, as one critic put it, from craft into art. Over the years he had studios on 53d Street and on Fifth Avenue and continued to work at his Fifth Avenue gallery, by appointment, until his death.<br><br>A native New Yorker, he was largely self-taught and learned to make jewelry with plumbers' and carpenters' tools.
