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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Lot 439 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Visage ovale

Closed3 March 2023

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GBP 10,080

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Visage ovale
signed, dated and inscribed 'Villefranche/Jean Cocteau 58' (along the lower edge), marked and numbered 'Edition originale/de Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/8/15' (underneath)
terracotta plate with coloured ceramic crayons
length: 15 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 15

Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 5 December 2002, lot 172.
Private collection, United Kingdom, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 25 November 2009, lot 73.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.