Joe Descomps - An Art Deco French ceramic figure circa 1925, the young woman in a fashionable outfit, the earthenware body with in a creamy white glaze.
Joseph Jules Emmanuel Cormier (Joe Descomps) (French, 1869-1950).
Joe Descomps studied under Hiolin. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Français, and designed and executed a wide range of objects in the Art Nouveau and art deco style, including jewellery, sculptures in bronze, stone, and ceramics. In the 1920s he concentrated more on small-scale sculptures, mostly in bronze and bronze / ivory.