78 - GEORGES JOUVE (1910–1964)

GEORGES JOUVE (1910–1964) Untitled, design created around [1951] Large, free-form lamp base. Ceramic piece with a white-and-black glaze with a slightly satin finish. 1950s. Presented with a non-original lampshade. Signed JOUVE and the monogram A. P. (interlaced letters) for Apollon, known as the “Alpha” mark, on the underside of the base. Height of ceramic base only: 48.5 cm Height with lampshade: 73 cm Bibliography: - *Le Décor d’aujourd’hui* – No. 81, September 1953. A variation in colors, and possibly dimensions, can be seen in a photograph taken in the artist’s home-studio (rue de la Tombe-Issoire, Paris), reproduced on page 300 in an article titled “Here Lives an Artist: Jouve.” - Michel Faré – *Georges Jouve* – Éditions Art et Industrie, Paris, 1965. A lamp base of our model before glazing is reproduced on page 16; variations in color, and possibly dimensions, are reproduced on page 19. - Preface by Pierre Bergé, texts by Philippe Jousse and Norbert Pierlot – *Georges Jouve* – Éditions Jousse Entreprise, Paris. A glazing variation reproduced on page 196; the design of our lamp base reproduced on page 307. - Karine Lacquemant – Georges Jouve – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2025. Color variations, and possibly size variations, visible in archival photographs reproduced on pages 46 and 69.