JEAN DERVAL (1925-2010) - Lot 66

JEAN DERVAL (1925-2010) Stylized bird Large hollow circular dish. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed Jean DERVAL on the reverse. Height: 7cm - Diameter: 32cm Provenance: Galerie Marie-Pascale Suhard: Galerie Marie-Pascale Suhard. Exhibitions: - Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano1950-1980. Un timbré de céramique - Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, from April 5 to October 25, 2020. Our work exhibited at this event. - Et l'Arche de Noé fit escale à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie - Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, from April 2 to October 29, 2023. Our work on display at this event. Bibliography: - Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano et Arnaud Serpollet - 1947-2017, 70 ans d'expression céramique française - Éditions Les livres de l'îlot,Neuvic, 2020. Our work reproduced on page 207. - Et l'Arche de Noé fit escale à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (April 2 - October 29, 2023), Éditions Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, 2023. Our work reproduced on page 58. JEAN DERVAL (1925-2010) Jean Derval graduated from the École des Arts appliqués in Paris in 1944, and discovered ceramics in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, before moving to Vallauris in 1947 to work alongside Capron and Picault, and later for the Madoura studio and Picasso. In 1951, he opened his own studio. His works cover a range of motifs, from religious, mythological, figurative and fantastical figures to more abstract, graphic decorations. The classical forms of the ancient tradition are overturned in his works by a cubist distortion, giving rise to highly varied and refined creations, which evolve in the 1960s towards more sculptural and architectural works.