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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Madeleine aux joli yeux louchons. Pen and ink on Renage wove paper. 210x268 mm; 8 1/4x10 1/2 inches. Initialed in pen and ink, lower left recto. Circa 1960.
A portrait of artist Marie Madeleine Jolly (1914-1963), who hosted Cocteau in her ceramics workshop, Atelier Madeline-Jolly in Villefranche-sur-Mer in the South of France from 1957 until his death. Under her guidance, Cocteau became a prolific ceramicist, creating more than 300 works at the workshop.
Provenance: Collection of William Emboden; acquired by current owner, private collection, California.
