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Red Vallauris clay lamp decorated with two figures facing each other,
Profile in front of the tree on one side and behind the tree on the other
Signed Jean Marais on each side and under the base
With its lampshade marked "histoire de ma vie", the design is a self-portrait wearing a mask as an allegory of his life as a man of theater and cinema.
Dim of lamp base: H 58.5 cm L: 32 cm diam of base: 19 cm
Set in very good condition
Jean Marais was born in Cherbourg in 1913 and died in Cannes in 1998.
Actor, director, writer, painter, sculptor and potter in Vallauris, Côte d'Azur, in the 70s, where he opened an art gallery.
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