Menu
Batch 48 - Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963). “Iphigenia”.1958.
Starting price : 4000€
“Iphigenia”.1958.
Red terracotta tulip vase, pencils
oxide: blue, white, yellow, ocher-yellow and
browns and enamels: red, brown and light blue.
Made in 1958.
Signed “Jean Cocteau” at the base.
Marked “Original edition of Jean Cocteau
Atelier Madeline-Jolly” below.
Limited edition of 50 copies bears the
Number “19/50” below.
Dimensions: 27 x 15 x 14 cm
Provenance: Madeline -Jolly pottery workshop by successive descent.
Bibliography:
Listed in the catalog raisonné of
Madame Annie Guedras, “Jean Cocteau,
ceramics, catalog raisonné”, Paris
1989, reproduced on page 186 under number 289,
R1903.
The original drawing by Jean Cocteau
“Iphigénie” made for this vase is
present in this sale under lot.47.
4000/6000€