Untitled, 1956
Ceramic from Red Clay from Vallauris, drawn on both sides with oxide crayon by Innocenti
16 W x 39.5 H x 14 D cm
Signed by the artist
France
Private Collection
On the Work
It is one of the rarest examples of Innocenti’s ceramic and painting work. This vase belongs to Jacques Innocenti’s work from the Vallauris ceramic tradition, hand-thrown in the region’s characteristic red clay and drawn with oxide crayon on both sides, a technique that lets the mineral pigment sink into the raw surface before firing. Innocenti’s brief career, cut short by his death in 1958, makes surviving pieces from this period increasingly rare.
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Jacques Innocenti
His early death in 1958 cut short a promising career, making his surviving work rare and sought after.
Jacques Innocenti (1926 to 1958) was born in Paris. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs from 1946 to 1949, where he met his future wife, the ceramicist Nydia Ronin. In 1949, the couple married and settled in Vallauris, the celebrated French potters’ village, working at the Le Grand Chêne workshop before opening their own studio on Rue Sicart. Working in the red clay characteristic of Vallauris, Innocenti developed a figurative style, encompassing portraits, bathers, and still lifes, often noted for its affinity with Picasso, who was working in Vallauris during the same period. He exhibited at the Nérolium exhibitions in Vallauris from 1953 to 1957. His work is documented in the Sèvres national ceramics museum’s catalog of contemporary French ceramics.
