JEAN COCTEAU, 1889-1963 Le Lutin de Venise, 1962
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JEAN COCTEAU, 1889-1963
Le Lutin de Venise, 1962
Red earthenware oval shaped plate painted in black, red and white, 10 x 14 ¾ in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm). Signed on the face, inscribed Edition originale de Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madeline-Jolly and numbered 7/15 in black paint on the underside, minor surface soiling, a few scuffs and smudges on the underside (slightly affecting the inscription), otherwise in very good condition.
LITERATURE Annie Guedras 241
Cocteau invented a pencil made of oxides to give the appearance of pastel. It consisted of a mixture of pasty clay and oxides rolled by hand into little cylinders like a pastel that will be used, after drying, like a pencil.
Le Lutin de Venise, 1962
Red earthenware oval shaped plate painted in black, red and white, 10 x 14 ¾ in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm). Signed on the face, inscribed Edition originale de Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madeline-Jolly and numbered 7/15 in black paint on the underside, minor surface soiling, a few scuffs and smudges on the underside (slightly affecting the inscription), otherwise in very good condition.
LITERATURE Annie Guedras 241
Cocteau invented a pencil made of oxides to give the appearance of pastel. It consisted of a mixture of pasty clay and oxides rolled by hand into little cylinders like a pastel that will be used, after drying, like a pencil.
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JEAN COCTEAU, 1889-1963 Le Lutin de Venise, 1962
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