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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Les Vestales
signed 'Jean Cocteau*' (at the edge of the base); marked and numbered 'Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly 31/50' (underneath)
terracotta vase with black engobe and coloured glaze
Height: 734 in. (19.8 cm.)
Diameter: 612 in. (16.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in an edition of 50
Literature
A. Guédras, Jean Cocteau, céramiques, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1989, no. 274, p.174 (another version illustrated).
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