Jean Derval, Saint-Joseph
Jean Derval (1925-2010)
Saint-Joseph
Circa 1965
Sculpture representing Saint-Joseph in chamotte clay, modeled, scarified and enameled in polychrome - white, black, brown, blue, yellow and red.
He is shown as an elderly man with a white beard and hair, brown skin, eyes closed, wearing a halo and raising his forearms, palms turned skywards in prayer.
Signed on the base ‘Jean Derval Vallauris’.
Height 139 cm (54 3/4 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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