JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Marrakech

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Marrakech
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower left); marked 'Edition originale de/Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/15/25' (underneath)
white earthenware ceramic plate with black engobe, oxide crayon and coloured glaze
diameter: 14 in. (35.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and executed in a numbered edition of 25
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 25 November 2009, lot 68.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Guédras, Jean Cocteau céramiques, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1989, no. 152, p. 255 (another version illustrated p. 100).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further Details
We are grateful to Catherine Madeline for her help in cataloguing and confirming the authenticity of this work.

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