Jean Cocteau
Chevalier de Malte, 1958
Ceramic, partially glazed white earthenware plate with engobe and incised
height/width 12 x depth 2 1/2 in
height/width 30.5 x depth 6.3 cm
height/width 30.5 x depth 6.3 cm
Original
Signed by the artist, 'Jean Cocteau', on face, and inscribed 'original' and incised 'Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly' on base
Copyright The Artist
$ 8,500.00
Iris or knight, ‘Chevalier de Malte’, 1958 is a partially engraved white earthenware plate with engobe and incised by the artist in his own hand; an original by Jean Cocteau...
Iris or knight, ‘Chevalier de Malte’, 1958 is a partially engraved white earthenware plate with engobe and incised by the artist in his own hand; an original by Jean Cocteau indeed!
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Jean Cocteau's ceramic works were born during his friendship with Marie Madeleine Jolly and Philippe Madeline at their workshop in Villefranche sur Mer in the late 1950s.
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“…I visited the uncultivated terraces of an exquisite pottery above Villefranche. Wild lilacs, irises and wallflowers perfume the air. A young baker from Lebanon, powdered with plaster, fills the ovens with incombustible flat cakes made by Marie-Madeleine as a feast for the eyes. All this, in the invigorating hilltop air, resembles a lonely farm untouched by the miasma of modern life…” -Jean Cocteau, 1958
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Jean Cocteau was born 1889 as Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau and died a renowned and multi-faceted poet of art forms as Jean Cocteau in 1963 at age 74 in France. He is known for his poetry, films, drawings, novels, plays, and visual art. His courage of personhood in romantic relationships and loyal friendships sit alongside his accomplishments as a major figure in Surrealism, Dadaism, Modernism, and beyond.
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12” diameter x 2 ½” depth
See our previous post as well! - ‘The Ingenue’, c. 1963
Very good condition for artwork of this period.
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Jean Cocteau's ceramic works were born during his friendship with Marie Madeleine Jolly and Philippe Madeline at their workshop in Villefranche sur Mer in the late 1950s.
.
“…I visited the uncultivated terraces of an exquisite pottery above Villefranche. Wild lilacs, irises and wallflowers perfume the air. A young baker from Lebanon, powdered with plaster, fills the ovens with incombustible flat cakes made by Marie-Madeleine as a feast for the eyes. All this, in the invigorating hilltop air, resembles a lonely farm untouched by the miasma of modern life…” -Jean Cocteau, 1958
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Jean Cocteau was born 1889 as Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau and died a renowned and multi-faceted poet of art forms as Jean Cocteau in 1963 at age 74 in France. He is known for his poetry, films, drawings, novels, plays, and visual art. His courage of personhood in romantic relationships and loyal friendships sit alongside his accomplishments as a major figure in Surrealism, Dadaism, Modernism, and beyond.
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12” diameter x 2 ½” depth
See our previous post as well! - ‘The Ingenue’, c. 1963
Very good condition for artwork of this period.
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