Untitled, 1954
Ceramic made from Red Clay from Vallauris
12 W x 52 H x 13 D cm
Signed by the Artist
France
Private Collection
On the Work
It is a rare vase in red clay from Vallauris, decorated with oxide crayon by Jacques Innocenti on both sides. Made in 1954, during the five years Innocenti and his wife Nydia worked together in Vallauris before his death in 1958, it reflects the figurative, Picasso-adjacent style that defined the town’s postwar ceramics scene.
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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.
