Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Portrait de Georges Auric Pen and ink with wash, 1917, signed, titled and dated in black ink, on stiff card, sheet 260 x 202mm., 10 ¼ x 8in.

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Portrait de Georges Auric

Pen and ink with wash, 1917, signed, titled and dated in black ink, on stiff card, sheet 260 x 202mm, (10 ¼ x 8in.) (unframed)

Georges Auric was a member of Les Six, a group of avant-garde composers informally associated with Cocteau and Eric Satie.

Ex. Coll. Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt with her collector's stamp lower right.

We thank Mme Annie Guédras for her assistance in cataloguing this work. A certificate of authenticity issued by her accompanies this lot.