ROGER COLLET (1933-2008) Bird Sculpture. Polychrome glazed ceramic; celadon, beige. Mounted on an Altuglas base. Height: 8.5cm - Length: 11cm Bibliography and related works: - Marie-Pascale Suhard - Les Artistes de Vallauris: Roger Collet - Éditions Joel Garcia, Paris, 2007 Variants reproduced on pages 40 to 43. - Roger Collet, tourneur et poète - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée Magnelli, Vallauris (December 9, 2011 - May 7, 2012), Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2011. Variants reproduced on pages 27, 29, 39 and 41. ROGER COLLET (1933-2008) Swiss-born Roger Collet attended the Cloutier brothers' studio in Paris, before moving to Vallauris, where he worked for Jean River, Juliette Derel and Roger Capron, among others. Building on this experience, he opened his own workshop in 1966, turning out high-quality pieces, initially decorated by his wife Marie-France Bartolo. He later turned his attention to enamels, creating pieces with fluid, balanced lines, proof of his mastery of the gesture, rendered in muted, blue-green tones - like his poetic Oiseaux.