JEAN COCTEAU | EROTIQUE - FAUNE
JEAN COCTEAU
1889 - 1963
EROTIQUE - FAUNE
signed Je Cocteau *, dated 57 (lower right) and inscribed Lys et l'un de vous tous pour l'ingénuité (upper right)
coloured crayons on paper
sheet: 42 by 33cm., 16½ by 13in.
framed: 60.8 by 51cm., 23⅞ by 20⅛in.
Executed in 1957.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, the sheet is hinged to the mount at the upper edge. The left edge is perforated as the sheet has been removed from a sketchbook, there are some historic folds and losses to these perforations. There is a small tear to the sheet at the lower edge, largely not visible in the present mount. There are some minor spots of foxing to the sheet, predominantly in the upper section of the left edge. There are some minor scuffs and creases to the sheet elsewhere, only visible upon close inspection. The work is in overall good condition.
Provenance:
Galerie Bert, Paris
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JEAN COCTEAU
1889 - 1963
EROTIQUE - FAUNE
signed Je Cocteau *, dated 57 (lower right) and inscribed Lys et l'un de vous tous pour l'ingénuité (upper right)
coloured crayons on paper
sheet: 42 by 33cm., 16½ by 13in.
framed: 60.8 by 51cm., 23⅞ by 20⅛in.
Executed in 1957.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, the sheet is hinged to the mount at the upper edge. The left edge is perforated as the sheet has been removed from a sketchbook, there are some historic folds and losses to these perforations. There is a small tear to the sheet at the lower edge, largely not visible in the present mount. There are some minor spots of foxing to the sheet, predominantly in the upper section of the left edge. There are some minor scuffs and creases to the sheet elsewhere, only visible upon close inspection. The work is in overall good condition.
Provenance:
Galerie Bert, Paris
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