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The Comité Jean Cocteau has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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L'homme aux yeux poisson
Details
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
L'homme aux yeux poisson
signed and inscribed 'aux Cadre R. G - avec le souvenir amical de Jean Cocteau' (lower right)
coloured crayon on paper
10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (26.8 x 20.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1955-57
L'homme aux yeux poisson
signed and inscribed 'aux Cadre R. G - avec le souvenir amical de Jean Cocteau' (lower right)
coloured crayon on paper
10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (26.8 x 20.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1955-57
Provenance
Private collection, France
Christie's, London, 24 June 1991, lot 208.
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.
Christie's, London, 24 June 1991, lot 208.
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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.
The Comité Jean Cocteau has confirmed the authenticity of this work.