Jean Cocteau. design for a porcelain dish.

The design is a screen print from approx 1950 - 1960

While Cocteau originally discovered his passion for pottery later in life—creating over 300 unique earthenware pieces between 1957 and 1963 at the workshop of Madeline Jolly and Philippe Madeline in Villefranche-sur-mer, his distinctive graphic style was frequently translated onto fine porcelain.

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) was a multi-talented French artist, writer and filmmaker, became one of the leading figures of twentieth-century avant-garde art.

Though he worked across many different creative fields, Cocteau considered himself primarily a poet. His style combined classical myth with surreal and modern imagery.

Framed with a antique silver frame with a dark rosy outer edge

H 46 x W 37 cm