MAISON CHRISTOFLE - THE DECOR AFTER HENRI SAUGUET (1901-1989) (AUTHOR-COMPOSER) Petit air à manger, the model originally produced in Sèvres porcelain for the 2nd Exposition de l'assiette peinte organized at Galerie Christofle in 1951, our silver-plated work from the edition produced for the exhibition Les dîners avec Jean Cocteau et ses amis, Musée Jean Cocteau Séverin-Wunderman, Irvine, California, 1985, bearing no. 2. Silver-plated platter with very wide wing. The title decoration (staves and lyrics) is engraved. Marked CHRISTOFLE France and bears the hallmark of Maître Orfèvre on the wing, marked with the signature Henri SAUGUET in facsimile in the decoration, bears on the back the English label for the Californian exhibition with the typed mention N°2. D.30cm Exhibitions: - Les dîners avec Jean Cocteau et ses amis - Musée Jean Cocteau Séverin-Wunderman, Irvine California, founded in 1985 by Séverin Wunderman (now closed - the works held there were transferred to the Musée Cocteau Séverin-Wunderman in Menton in 2003) - Our work presented at this event. - L'assiette peinte - Galerie Christofle, Paris, 1951. The original Sèvres porcelain model presented at this event.