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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Georges Jouve

Georges Jouve

Lacquemant, Karine

Hardcover

CeramicsIndividual ArtistsInterior Design

Publisher Price: $99.00

ISBN10: 2376661064
ISBN13: 9782376661061
Publisher: Norma Editions
Published: Aug 4 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 4.71
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.90 Depth: 12.30
Language: French
A richly illustrated tribute to Georges Jouve, showcasing his iconic black-glaze ceramics, key collaborations, and pivotal role in postwar modern decorative arts. Text in English and French.

Georges Jouve (1910-1964) was a major postwar decorative-arts figure who liberated ceramics from academic rules. Nicknamed Apollo, he tirelessly explored relationships between form, material, and light, combining utility and ornament, rigor and play. His wide stylistic range--from realism to abstraction--and his signature black glaze quickly set him apart.

This illustrated book traces his career from Nyons and Dieulefit to Aix-en-Provence, highlighting iconic pieces such as cylindrical vases and his collaborations with Janette Laverrière, Étienne Noël, and Mathieu Matégot, including La Saladière and the hotel La Résidence in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Present in the major Salons of his time, Jouve emerged as an agent of modernity and, encouraged by Charlotte Perriand, joined the Steph Simon gallery. Equally at ease with small or monumental formats, he produced vases, fountains, tables, and sculptures, using zoomorphic, anthropomorphic, and abstract forms to make ceramics a vibrant, experimental, and timeless modern art, with lasting appeal worldwide today.

Text in English and French.

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