JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY - PHILIPPE MADELINE (1914-2002) & MARIE-MADELEINE JOLLY (1914-1992) Fleur aux yeux, model created in [1958], copy N° 10/50 Important circular hollow plate; from an edition limited to fifty pieces. Red clay proof; black oxide pencil; glazes: white, green, blue, red, black. Signed and dated Jean COCTEAU à l'étoile 1958 - on the obverse and marked Édition originale de Jean COCTEAU Atelier MADELINE-JOLLY and justified 10/50 on the reverse. Height: 7.5 cm - Diameter: 32.5 cm Bibliography : Annie Guédras - Jean Cocteau céramiques, catalog raisonné - Éditions Teillet-Dermit, Paris, 1989. Our model is referenced and reproduced under number 176 on page 119.

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