Jean COCTEAU - Artemis/Diana, 1962, original ceramic
Artemis/Diana, 1962
Large ceramic plate (diameter of 32 cm/12.5 inches)
Original decoration by Jean COCTEAU
Made in the Jolly and Madeline workshops at Villefranche-sur-Mer in 1962
Edition limited to 35 copies
Signed in the ceramic
With the original certificate of authenticity of the workshop.
Informations :
"Picasso told me that if I put a ceramic in the oven I would be lost. But I have always had a tendency to lose myself with relish." Cocteau thus commented upon his work on ceramic.
In 1957, Cocteau met Jolly and Madeline, and, following the path traced by his friend Picasso, started to launch himself with passion in the creation of ceramics. He devoted himself to this creation that reflected a kind of culmination of his artistic expression until his death in 1963.
After all, he said concerning his ceramics : "Ceramic saved my life ! It prevents me from using ink which became dangerous because everything we write is systematically distorted..."
(In excellent condition.)
Jean Cocteau :
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) is a poet, graphic designer, draughtsman, playwright and french movie director. He is one of the major artists of the 20th century. He was the impresario of his time, the trend maker, the inspiration of many artists and put his personal touch in all his creations with a singular grace, an inexhausted originality and a rare intuition. Despite his literary works and artistic talents, Jean Cocteau has always insisted on the fact that he was above all a poet and that every work was petic. He let movies which had marked the century, as "Le Sang d'un poète" (A poet's blood), The Beauty and The beast, Orpheus, but also famous illustrations as "Le Livre blanc" (The white book).
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