Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Orphée à la lyre 36cm (14 3/16in) diameter
Lot 20AR
Jean Cocteau
(French, 1889-1963)
Orphée à la lyre 36cm (14 3/16in) diameter
Sold for £ 1,187 (US$ 1,578) inc. premium

Lot Details
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
Orphée à la lyre
with signature and dated 'Jean Cocteau/1958' (lower right); marked and numbered 'Edition originale/de Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/32/50' (underneath)
partially glazed terracotta plate
36cm (14 3/16in) diameter

Footnotes

  • Conceived in 1958 and executed in an edition of 50.

    LITERATURE
    A. Guédras, Jean Cocteau: Poteries, Catalogues des Céramiques 1957-1963, Saint-Ouen, 1989, p.101, no.153 (another version illustrated).
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