This Francisco Rebajes copper pin titled 'The Kiss" is his most famous and most sought after piece. People who own them very rarely give them up. It is signed on the back with the classic Rebajes signature. The pin is from the 1940s but is in excellent condition. There are no dents but there are some very faint scratches, but you have to search them out. They appear more on the back. There are also a few dark areas and I believe that is part of the way the pin was made as it highlights areas on the faces. It could be patina, but I don't think so.
The pin measures 2.25 by 1.75 inches and is slightly curved to add dimension to the faces.
Researching Francisco Rebajes, I found the following information:
"Francisco Torres Rebajes', forerunner in producing copper jewelry, he was born in the Dominican Republic in 1906 and emigrated to New York in 1923 when he was 16 years old. In 1932 he was out of work, and collected some tin cans, took them to his friend's workshop and fashioned the scraps into animals. He displayed his work outside on an ironing board at an Art Festival where Juliana Force (Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art) saw it. She liked his work and purchased the whole lot on display for $30, which was a lot of money in those days!
With this windfall, Frank Rebajes rented his first workshop and store. His pieces were signed simply 'Rebajes'. In 1942 he opened his first retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York, employing forty workers, and a national sales and distribution network was set up. His work was featured in Saks of Fifth Avenue, and was advertised in top fashion magazines.
In the early 1960s he retired, sold his workshop, and moved to Spain where he lived until his death in 1990.
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Items in my listings come from estate sales, garage sales, or various auctions. I do not know if they came from homes where smoking or pets were present. All items are sold in the same condition as when I received them.
