Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY Franco-German Youth. Circular dish. White earthenware bowl; black, yellow, turquoise, blue, orange and red enamels Signed Jean COCTEAU, titled and marked "Edition originale de Jean COCTEAU Atelier MADELINE-JOLLY" and justified EA (exemplaire d'auteur) on the reverse. Diam. 36 cm Bibliography : Annie Guédras Jean Cocteau, Poteries , catalogue raisonné Editions Teillet-Dermit, Paris, 1989. The model of our work is referenced and reproduced under number 164 on page 109. "The spotlight of current events is on a youth seeking to dizzy itself in a dramatic and confused era. But there is a convivial youth that observes the world from under the podium on which the drum is beaten. It is this youth that I salute". Jean Cocteau, 1963.