Valentine Schlegel: Je dors, je travaille (in French) - 3rd edition

This wonderful French catalogue offers a unique insight into the life and work of the French artist, sculptor and ceramist Valentine Schlegel. This richly illustrated and hugely popular volumeIt features a large iconography, archives, and texts by sculptor and Schlegel specialist Hélène Bertin. 

Published in 2017 on the occasion of the exhibition "Cette femme pourrait dormir dans l'eau – Valentine Schlegel par Hélène Bertin" at CAC Brétigny. 

She was considered the most important ceramist of the 1950s. She created primitive but sophisticated sculptures inspired by nature and also plaster elements, especially the many fireplaces that she create.