JEAN MARAIS (1913-1998) Head of a goat, circa 1973 Zoomorphic vase. Glazed ceramic. Signed MARAIS under the base. Height: 28cm Provenance: Private collection, work offered by the artist to this previous and first owner. Please note: According to its first owner, this is the first proof of this model, entirely decorated by the artist himself. Exhibitions: - N6-N7 - Les Nationales de la Céramique - Écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, Château de Pierre-de-Bresse, April 4 to December 20, 2015. 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: Et l'Arche de Noé fit escale à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (2 avril - 29 octobre 2023), Éditions Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, 2023. Our work reproduced on page 15. JEAN MARAIS (1913-1998) Made famous by his brilliant career as an actor, and by his artistic and personal bond with Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais discovered ceramics in the 1950s, during the couple's stay in Vallauris. After Cocteau's death, supported by the community of Vallauris potters, he trained in ceramic art, then opened a gallery and settled permanently in Vallauris in 1980. His dreamlike world of mythological, fantastical and zoomorphic figures, inspired by ancient traditions and theater, emerges in his sculptural work with refinement and poetry.