Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Composition Surréaliste - Personnage Surmonté de Mains et Jambes Pen and ink on tissue thin paper, 1924, sheet 325 x 250mm., 12 ½ x 9 7/8in.
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Composition Surréaliste - Personnage Surmonté de Mains et Jambes
Pen and ink on tissue thin paper, 1924, sheet 325 x 250mm (12 ½ x 9 7/8in)
Ex. Coll. Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt with her collector's stamp lower right.
This present drawing was originally shown as part of a group of 16 drawings at La Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Paris 1928. The drawings were subsequently reproduced and used to illustrate Cocteau's book La Machine Infernale, published by Bernard Grasset in 1934.
We thank Mme Annie Guédras for her assistance in cataloguing this work. A certificate of authenticity issued by her accompanies this lot.
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Composition Surréaliste - Personnage Surmonté de Mains et Jambes
Pen and ink on tissue thin paper, 1924, sheet 325 x 250mm (12 ½ x 9 7/8in)
Ex. Coll. Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt with her collector's stamp lower right.
This present drawing was originally shown as part of a group of 16 drawings at La Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Paris 1928. The drawings were subsequently reproduced and used to illustrate Cocteau's book La Machine Infernale, published by Bernard Grasset in 1934.
We thank Mme Annie Guédras for her assistance in cataloguing this work. A certificate of authenticity issued by her accompanies this lot.
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