Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le chevalier, 1959 Beer mug in red clay, brown and pink oxide pencils, black, red and green enamels, signed and marked under the base Original edition by Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madeline Jolly. Height: 10.5 cm Created in 1959, edition of 50. Bibliography - Annie Guédras, Jean Cocteau, céramiques catalog raisonné, Teillet-Dermit Co-Éditeurs, 1989, a similar example is described and reproduced on page 177 under no. 277 (with dimensions 12 cm).

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