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Jean Cocteau

Maisons-Laffitte 1889 – 1963 Milly-la-Fôret

Tête de profil (Hotel Sacher / Les monstres sacrés). 1952 / after 1940

2 drawings: coloured pencil on note paper of the Hotel Sacher and on the title page of the book: Les monstres sacrés by Jean Cocteau. Paris, Gallimard, 1940. 21 × 15 cm / 18,8 × 12 cm (8 ¼ × 5 ⅞ in. / 7 ⅜ × 4 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Jean Cocteau. Tête de profil (Hotel Sacher / Les monstres sacrés). 1952 / after 1940.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 3,000

USD 2,380

 

- 3,570

Sold for:

2,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer 2021

Modern Art, Friday, 11.06.2021

Information

2 drawings: coloured pencil on note paper of the Hotel Sacher and on the title page of the book: Les monstres sacrés by Jean Cocteau. Paris, Gallimard, 1940. 21 × 15 cm / 18,8 × 12 cm (8 ¼ × 5 ⅞ in. / 7 ⅜ × 4 ¾ in.). Inscribed, signed and dated on one sheet: Souvenir de Jean Cocteau x 1952. Dedicated on the other: A Raymond l'ami Jean. Framed

We would like to thank Annie Guedras, Paris, for confirming the authenticity of the drawings.

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