Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes' (lower centre)
pen and ink, gouache and collage on paper
13¼ x 9¼ in. (33.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes' (lower centre)
pen and ink, gouache and collage on paper
13¼ x 9¼ in. (33.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, London.
John Pringle, by whom acquired from the above in June 1985.
London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Jean Cocteau and the Boeuf sur le Toit, September - October 1982, no. 41.
London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Cecil Beaton and Friends, May - July 1985, no. 107.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Specialist note
The Comité Jean Cocteau has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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