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Terracotta sculpture, unique piece by Michel Lucotte, France, 1959

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Original terracotta sculpture by Michel Lucotte, signed and dated 1959. Unique piece. Height: 54 cm (21.6 inches) Width: 30 cm (11.8 inches) Depth: 17 cm (6.7 inches) Biography Michel Lucotte (Born August 2, 1931 in Dijon, lives in Burgundy) French painter, sculptor, writer, creator and poet. Professor at the National School of Fine Arts in Dijon (1958-1961) and at the Municipal School of Fine Arts in Beaune (1951-1991). Studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts de Dijon from 1946, learns pottery, at the same time creating around a hundred fired and glazed clay pieces in a private studio in the town. Visits to Vallauris, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, La Borne. Learns metalworking in a locksmith’s workshop in Dijon. Teacher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts de Dijon from 1958 to 1961. Teacher at the Ecole Municipale des Beaux-arts de Beaune from 1951 to 1991; taught ceramics for fifteen years, then painting and sculpture until his retirement. Member of the European Cultural Society of Venice. Solo exhibitions: -1951: Galerie Mai, Paris -1965: Salines Royales, Arc-et-Senans, Galerie Brocard, Paris -1966: Musée des Beaux-arts, Neuchâtel, Switzerland -1967: Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland -1972: Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France -1978: Galerie Axe, Paris -1983: Galerie du Faubourg, Neuchâtel, Switzerland -1987: Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône -1991: Chapelle de 1’Oratoire and Bibliothèque Municipale, Beaune (catalog) -1994: FNAC Forum, Dijon Conseil régional de Bourgogne, Dijon -1998: Athenaeum, Beaune -2005: Centre Hospitalier G. F. Leclerc, Dijon -2008: Galerie L’ Arc-en-Seine, Paris -2009: Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -2014: Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -2015: Galerie Boccara, Paris -2018: Beaune Museums Works in public collections: – 1967 to 1995: creation of fourteen sculptures, public commissions under the 1% scheme for schools, including five in Beaune -1994: four stone sculptures, ConseiI régional de Bourgogne, Dijon -1996: two stone sculptures, Musée des Beaux-arts, Dijon -1999: two stone sculptures, Musée des Beaux-arts, Grenoble -2005: a wooden sculpture, Centre Hospitalier G.F. Leclerc, Dijon -2006: a steel sculpture and a painting, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon -2008 – July: total donation of a literary collection (fiction, studio notes, Ecrits en marge) Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune; -an album of engravings, Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -An album of engravings, Bibliothèque Municipale, Dijon -2009: two ceramics, Musée de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Works in private collections in France and abroad: 2007: Edition of the “Vase blanc”, ceramic, by Domeau et Péres, produced by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres Published works: -1990 Des arbres et des saisons, ed. Clos et Domaines -1992 Ecrits en marge, notes d’atelier – Dossier d’art contemporain, ed. Porte du Sud -1993 L’intaille alexandrine, novel, ed. Porte du Sud; Prix Bourgogne 1994; reprint ed. de L’ Arman9on -1998 Le Verveux, novel, éd. de L’ Armandon
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    Height: 21.26 in (54 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)Depth: 6.3 in (16 cm)
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    1959
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    Paris, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU939440696392

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