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Jean Cocteau
"Grand Chèvre-cou" Poem-object MUSEUM piece

1958

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Jean Cocteau. ( 1889-1963 ) Grand Chèvre - Cou . " Poem -Objet " Signed Jean Cocteau at the base ; incised and dated Jean Cocteau 58. marked and numbered Edition originale de jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly ( underneath ) . partially glazed pink terracotta vase . conceived in 1958 and executed in an edition of 20 . literature : Annie Guédras . Jean Cocteau céramiques , Paris 1989. N°292 page 191 . " We stayed up working until 2am on the Chèvre-cou that I was finding a little too simple, its stylisation a bit suspect, but because of my stubbornness with every simple detail, this long-neck character is now as noble in style as Chinese and African works " Jean Cocteau (Page 190 ). From Vases to objects , he one day started work on what he called his Vendôme column : " the Grand Chèvre - Cou " ( Great Goat- neck ) " As he has just been awarded an honory doctorate at the Oxford University , Jean Cocteau inaugurates in 1956 the Chapel of Saint-Peter which he has just decorated . Throughout his life , the poet has kept on surprising by the diversity and richness of his work . Writer of plays ,essays ,novels, and collection of poems , he has written as much as he has drawn : lithographs, engravings and frescoes ... his graphic arts are well-known all over the world and his work is substantial . On the this very year , jean Cocteau discovers a new unexplored path that arouses his curiosity : the pottery ! From the small baked clay objects on which his friend Picasso works , Jean Cocteau will learn the unveiled richness of his new material and from the meeting with the ceramist couple Madeline- Jolly at Villefranche- sur- mer , the ineffable happiness to discover a new means of expression . it is with the humility of an "artisan -ceramist" that he enters the workshop of the Madeline -Jolly , bringing with him ; as always , the extraordinary richness of his mythological and dreamlike universe . in "letter to American friend " published in 1958 , Cocteau will insist on the saving side of pottery , ceramics and the work in the workshop which remove him from the painful torments of writing that he prefers to avoid from now on ; These are his hands "faithful labor force in the service of my mind and my heart " which are talking now . And these ones will sketch , for the six years before his death in 1963 , a long series of objects that will be confided to Marie Madeline-Jolly . Painted plates , decorated vases and enameled dishes marked with the magic aura of jean Cocteau and the artistic complicity that united the couple of ceramists and the poet will come from the Villefrance-sur-mer workshop . In her "catalogue raisonné des céramiques de Jean Cocteau " Annie Guédras as an expert of the graphic work of thee artist , makes an inventory of more than a hundred models in numerous copies and almost an even number of unic copies . A huge, rich ,and colourful mosaic with unveiled a new facet of Jean Cocteau talents, graphic poet , protean artist , a stroke magician ...
  • Creator:
    Jean Cocteau (French)
  • Creation Year:
    1958
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.84 in (58 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)Depth: 5.12 in (13 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    CANNES, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1521215811052

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