Grand Sphinx

Name: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Brand: Grand Sphinx
Price: 8000.00 GBP
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Price Realised GBP 10,080

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Grand Sphinx

Price Realised GBP 10,080

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Grand Sphinx
signed and dated 'Je Cocteau 1957' (lower right)
pastel and coloured crayon on coloured paper
25¹⁄₂ x 19³⁄₄ in. (64.7 x 50 cm.)
Executed in 1957

Galerie Bert, Paris.
Images Fine Art Dealers & Consultants, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, via the intermediation of Caroline Wiseman Modern and Contemporary, on 14 January 2009.

D. Alberge, 'Classical Modern Art', in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, no. 26, p. 324 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).

London, King's College London, The Classical Now, March - April 2018, pp. 15 & n.p. (illustrated p. 14; with incorrect medium).
Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA44MA).

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

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