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208 - Jean COCTEAU (1889‒1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY.
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Jean COCTEAU (1889‒1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY. The Heurtebise Angel. A large, oval-shaped dish on a red earthenware foot, partially glazed with a stylised profile in shades of white, red, yellow and black. Original edition, signed and numbered 4/25 on the reverse, 1963. 39.5 × 28.5 cm. Bibliography: Annie Guédras, Jean Cocteau, Ceramics: Catalogue Raisonné, Teillet-Dermit, Paris, 1989; the piece is listed under number 248 and reproduced on page 158. Marie Madeline-Jolly and Philippe Madeline met and became friends with Jean Cocteau in 1957. Together, in the couple’s studio in Villefranche-sur-Mer, they created over a hundred models—including multiple numbered copies and almost as many unique pieces—until the artist’s death in 1963. As early as 1958, and for the first time, Jean Cocteau’s ceramics were exhibited simultaneously at the Lucie Weil Gallery ‘Au Pont des Arts’ in Paris and at the Johnson Gallery in Chicago. This was followed by numerous exhibitions in France and internationally. Upon specific request, the lot can be transported free of charge to our warehouse in Buc, or to our Paris premises (for smaller lots). See the general terms and conditions of sale. ‘Pottery saved my life! It spares me from having to use ink, which is far too dangerous, as everything one writes is systematically distorted by those who read it’, Jean Cocteau, interviewed in 1958.
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About the sale Antique and modern paintings, prints, furniture and works of art from the 16th century to the present day
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Auction time 08/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
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