JULIETTE DEREL (1918-2007) - Lot 45

JULIETTE DEREL (1918-2007) Geometric motifs Large bottle mounted with a colombin. Glazed ceramic proof with underglaze title motif. Signed Juliette DÉRÉL, in incised cursive letters below the base. Height: 35cm Provenance Galerie Marie Pascale Suhard, Évreux. Exhibition: Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano1950-1980. Un timbré de céramique -Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, April 5 to October 25, 2020. Our work exhibited 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 188. - Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (April 5 - October 25, 2020), Éditions Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, 2020. Our work reproduced on page 20. 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.