Tête

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Jean Cocteau's Wedding Present
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Tête
signed, inscribed and dated 'Voici le seul cadeau de mariage/que j'ose offrir à votre/altesse Royale/avec mon affectueux respect/Jean Cocteau/6 mai 1960' (upper centre)
coloured crayons on paper
19¾ x 12¾in. (50.2 x 32.4cm.)
Drawn on the frontispiece of La Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-mer by Jean Cocteau

Provenance

Given to H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon on the occasion of her marriage to Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon on 6 May 1960 from Jean Cocteau, 36, rue Montpensier, Palais Royale, Paris, France.

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