Deux têtes de Licorne

Name: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Brand: Deux têtes de Licorne
Price: 22000.00 GBP
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Deux têtes de Licorne

Price Realised GBP 27,720

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Deux têtes de Licorne
with the atelier stamp (lower left)
brush and ink on paper laid down on card
28¹⁄₂ x 36¹⁄₈ in. (72.3 x 91.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1947

Private collection, by descent from the artist.
Gagosian Gallery, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 18 October 2019.

Paris, Librairie Paul Morihien, Trente dessins de Jean Cocteau sur le thème de La Licorne, October - November 1947 (no cat.).
Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2019 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA220MA).
Lens, Louvre-Lens, Animaux fantastiques, September 2023 - January 2024, no. 207, p. 322 (illustrated p. 323).

Patrick Martin, member of the Comité Jean Cocteau, has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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