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210 - Jean COCTEAU (1889–1963)
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Jean COCTEAU (1889–1963) “Orpheus with the Lyre” Designed in 1958. Large circular red terracotta dish, oxide pigments: turquoise, yellow, white, yellow ochre, brown, and maroon. Glazes: yellow, blue, red, and black. Signed Jean Cocteau and dated in the lower right corner. Marked and numbered on the back: “Original Edition by Jean Cocteau, Madeline Jolly Studio, Artist’s Copy.” Diameter: 36 cm Certificate of origin dated January 10, 1962, signed by Marie-Madeleine Jolly. Note: Our original “Hors-commerce” model, an artist’s copy from the MADELINE-JOLLY Studio by Jean COCTEAU. Bibliography: Annie Guédras, “Catalogue Raisonné of Jean Cocteau’s Pottery and Ceramics,” Teillet-Demit Editeurs, 1989; this piece is reproduced under number 153.
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