JULIETTE DEREL (1918-2007) - Lot 43

JULIETTE DEREL (1918-2007) Living-room side table. The trapezoid top with rounded corners features a wide-belt top in orange-glazed ceramic. Rondin legs in larch. Signed and dated Juliette DEREL 2006 under the top. Height: 42cm - Length: 47cm - Width: 38cm Bibliographyand related works: François Lippmann and Marie-Pascale Suhard - Juliette Derel. Céramique - Éditions Snoeck, Ghent, 2023. Our work to be compared with the table reproduced on page 101. Juliette Derel, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tours, began her career as a ceramist in Vallauris, working at the Atelier du Grand Chêne, the Atelier du Tapis Vert and preparing summer exhibitions at Nérolium. In 1952, she opened her own studio, where she worked alongside her husband Jean Rivier (1915-2017), until they separated in 1957. Initially consisting of bowls and vases, often with abstract, geometric designs, Derel's production expanded over the years to include other utilitarian pieces, notably boldly colored mirrors, furniture and sculptures; her creations were often monochrome - the surfaces scratched or scarified.