Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Jean Cocteau
Portrait de Picasso
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November 21, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Jean Cocteau
1889 - 1963
Portrait de Picasso
signed Jean Cocteau (center right); inscribed a Massine souvenir de Rome (upper right); dated Mars 1917 (lower right)
pencil on paper
10 ¾ by 8 ⅛ in.
27.3 by 20.6 cm.
Executed in March 1917.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Mr. Dominique Bert.
Léonide Massine, Borken (acquired as a gift from the artist in March 1917)
Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1971, lot 100 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired by 1978 by the present owner
London, Waddington Galleries (titled Picasso aux longs cheveux et fumant la pipe)