Georges Jouve - Design London Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996 and 1998

  • Literature

    Maison Française, no. 41, October 1950, p. 21
    Philippe Jousse and Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Georges Jouve, Paris, 2005, p. 306 for a drawing

  • Artist Biography

    Georges Jouve

    French • 1910 - 1964

    Working out of his studio in Paris (and later in Aix-en-Provence), Georges Jouve produced sculptural ceramics for modernist interiors. Upon the invitation of Jacques Adnet, the director of the Compagnie des Arts Français (CAF), Jouve participated in various salons internationally and within France, including the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. He created rigorously simple yet soft and playful forms, including plump, contrapposto vessels, rotund pitchers and cylindrical vases. His tireless experimentation of glazes led to a palette of perfect matte blacks, bone whites and joyful pops of lime green, lemony yellow and, occasionally, selenium red. Jouve's ceramics echo the organic modernism of his CAF colleagues, such as Charlotte Perriand and Serge Mouille.

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

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Two table lamps

circa 1950
Glazed earthenware, paper shades.
Tallest: 58.5 cm (23 in.) high including shade
Underside of each incised with artist's mark.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 Ω

Sold for £31,250

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Madalena Horta e Costa
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Design

London Auction 1 October 2015