Barbara Natoli Witt
(1938 - 2025)
"Necklace Art"

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Showing Sept 20- Oct. 10, 2025

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Art & Lit is honored to host an exhibition of the late Barbara Natoli Witt’s stunning necklaces, photographed by her husband, well-known photographer Steven Jenner.

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Barbara was a contemporary artist with the rare distinction of having created her own medium. Her unique necklaces blend tapestry techniques to form intriguing webs of colored threads, ancient beads, and gemstones, which capture at their centers precious sculptured pieces, artifacts, and heirloom treasures.

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In the course of her 50-year career she introduced a new facet of jewelry arts, perpetuating the beauty of the ancient, the ethnic, and the exquisitely quaint within a framework of contemporary beauty and utility. Her work is included in many outstanding collections including the Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Oakland Museum of California, the Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, Newark Museum, Newark New Jersey, and the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.

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To learn more about Barbara and her incredible work, visit her website https://www.necklaceart.com/