GEORGES JOUVE, JOUVE FRANCE FRENCH BLACK CERAMIC TILE C1965

rare Téton Georges Jouve tile. The company JOUVE France was founded by Jacqueline Jouve, the widow of Georges Jouve, following his death, and remained active until 1978. Jouve France employed highly skilled artisans who had worked with Georges Jouve and who would otherwise have faced unemployment after the premature death of the master ceramist. The company specialized in ceramic wall coverings. According to Karine Lacquemant, author of a major 2025 monograph on Georges Jouve, among all the tile models produced by Jouve France, only the design of the “Téton” model can be attributed to Georges Jouve. This tile model was selected in 1970 to adorn the entrance wall of the Coca-Cola factory in Les Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseille. Bibliography: Karine Lacquemant, Georges Jouve, Norma éditions, Paris, 2025. Similar tile model in fire clay and chamotte featuring in Jouve France commercial catalog of 1977 reproduced on pages 266 and 267. To be mounted or left as is.