GEORGES JOUVE (1910-1964) - Lot 43

GEORGES JOUVE (1910-1964) "Quadrangular planter" model created circa [1956]. Large quadrangular planter on heel. Glazed ceramic proof; white with gray-black watermarks on the outside, black on the inside. Circa 1950. Signed JOUVE and the monogram A. P. (with interlaced letters) for Apollon, the so-called Alpha mark, on the reverse. Height: 18.5 cm Length: 22.5 cm Width: 22.5 cm One chip (enamel skip) at a corner of the heel, one enamel skip to an edge, limestone inside. Provenance : Succession X., Puy-de-Dôme, from the entire furnishings of a 1960s architect's house. Bibliography: Preface by Pierre Bergé, texts by Philippe Jousse and Norbert Pierlot - Georges Jouve - Editions Jousse Entreprise, Paris, 2005. Color and/or size variations reproduced on pages 149 and 289. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud