ID 1076491
Lot 58 | JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Orphée à la lyre
signed and dated 'Jean Cocteau 1958' (lower right); marked and numbered 'Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly 46⁄50' (underneath)
terracotta plate with coloured ceramic crayons and coloured enamels
Diameter: 14 in. (35.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 50
Provenance
Caroline Wiseman Modern and Contemporary, London.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
A. Guédras, Jean Cocteau, Céramiques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1989, no. 153, pp. 101 & 255 (another example illustrated p. 101).
M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, no. 24, pp. 323-324 (illustrated p. 323).
V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au goût du jour', in Connaissance des arts, no. 706, Paris, July - August 2012, p. 117 (illustrated in situ).
'Musées & Expositions', in La Marche de l'Histoire, no. 4, Naintré, February - April 2013, p. 18 (illustrated in situ).
'Les collections', in Egypte ancienne, no. 8, Paris, May - July 2013, p. 67 (illustrated in situ).
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World, The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 83 (illustrated).
L. Marotta, 'The Medici of Mougins', in Force One, no. 15, Monaco, 4 April 2017, p. 38 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA30MA).
Further details
Marie-Madeleine Jolly and Philippe Madeline have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Earthenware |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Plates |
| Artist: | Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Earthenware |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Plates |
| Address of auction |
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