Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from Mrs. Marie-Madeleine Jolly, dated 11 juillet 1958.
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La machine infernale
Details
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
La machine infernale
signed, marked 'Jean Cocteau/La machine infernale' (upper centre and lower left) and marked again 'Edition originale de/Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/exemplaire d'auteur' (underneath)
partially glazed white earthenware plate
12¼in. (31cm.) diameter
Conceived in 1957 and executed in an edition of 20
La machine infernale
signed, marked 'Jean Cocteau/La machine infernale' (upper centre and lower left) and marked again 'Edition originale de/Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/exemplaire d'auteur' (underneath)
partially glazed white earthenware plate
12¼in. (31cm.) diameter
Conceived in 1957 and executed in an edition of 20
Literature
A. Guédras, no.197 (another version illustrated p.129).
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Sale room notice
Please note that in the printed catalogue the texts for lots 68 and 69 have been reversed, however the images are in the correct order.
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