Jean Derval, Balthazar
Jean Derval (1925-2010)
Balthazar
Circa 1965
Sculpture representing the Wise Man Balthazar in chamotte clay, modeled, scarified and enameled in polychrome - white, black, blue, red and yellow.
He is shown with black skin, in accordance with the story, offering myrrh and carrying a dagger at his waist.
Signed on the base ‘Jean Derval Vallauris’.
Height 123 cm (48 3/8 in)
Provenance :
- Probably created around 1965 for the Antibes cathedral’s nativity scene.
- Private collection, France.
Literature :
- « Jean Derval, céramiste et sculpteur », Patrick Favardin et Jean-Jacques Wattel, éd. Norma, Paris, 2011, a previous nativity scene reproduced p. 145.
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