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Georges Jouve
Wall-mounted coat rack with mirror
- Estimate
- £3,000 - 4,000
£3,625
Lot Details
Glazed earthenware, painted tubular metal, mirrored glass.
1950s
65.7 x 65.9 x 12.6 cm (25 7/8 x 25 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Produced by Asselbur, France.
Specialist
Georges Jouve
French | B. 1910 D. 1964Working 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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