Georges Jouve

Dish

c. 1958, France
Ceramic, Matte black gunmetal glaze
Incised signature and artist's cipher to underside
2.25h. x 5w x 12 inches (5.7 x 12.7 x 30.4 cm.)

Literature: Philippe Jousse and Galerie Jousse Enterprise, Georges Jouve, Paris, 2005, ppg. 288-289 illustrate similar examples.
Lot 18. Sotheby's, New York, 16 Nov 07

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Georges Jouve (1910 - 1964) graduated from the prestigious Ecole Boulle. During World War II, Jouve was captured by the Germans, escaped from a camp, and took refuge at his step parents home in a potters village in the South of France called Dieulefit. There he learnt from the local potter's traditions. In 1944 he opened his studio in Paris, and in the years that followed, he would go on to become a leading ceramicist of the mid 20th century. He succeeded in modernizing the art of pottery by developing unique techniques motivated by his individual style of sensual and sometimes ironic creations.