Property from the collection of Mr. Seymour Stein
JEAN COCTEAU | DESSIN SURRÉALISTE (HOMMES-RACINES)
Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the collection of Mr. Seymour Stein
JEAN COCTEAU
1889 - 1963
DESSIN SURRÉALISTE (HOMMES-RACINES)
signed Jean Cocteau, dated 1942 and dedicated a Hubert de Saint Senoch amical souvenir d'un livre perdu (et retrouvé) (upper left)
estompe, pencil and colored pencil on paper
21½ by 16½ in.; 55 by 42 cm
Executed in 1942.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Annie Guédras.
Hubert de Saint Senoch (a gift from the artist in 1942 and sold by the estate: Sotheby's, Monaco, December 6, 1992, lot 309)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
The dedication on the present work is a reference to the original sketchbook for Cocteau's Le Livre Blanc, a classic of gay literature, which was a gift from the artist to Hubert de Saint Senoch in 1928. The original sketchbook was lost so Cocteau gave his friend a copy of it along with the present drawing in 1942.