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Le Chiffre Sept Poéme charcoal on paper signed and titled 'Jean Cocteau chez Seghers. Le Chiffre Sept - poéme' (vertical edges) 5½ x 8½ in. (14 x 21.5 cm.) Drawn in 1951. La Machine à écrire colored pencil on graphite on paper initialed and dated 'JC x 1956' (lower right); titled 'M. Ernie' (upper left) 5¾ x 8½ in. (14.5 x 21.5 cm.) Drawn in 1956. (2)
Details
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Le Chiffre Sept Poéme
charcoal on paper
signed and titled 'Jean Cocteau chez Seghers. Le Chiffre Sept - poéme' (vertical edges)
5½ x 8½ in. (14 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1951.
La Machine à écrire
colored pencil on graphite on paper
initialed and dated 'JC x 1956' (lower right); titled 'M. Ernie' (upper left)
5¾ x 8½ in. (14.5 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1956. (2)
Le Chiffre Sept Poéme
charcoal on paper
signed and titled 'Jean Cocteau chez Seghers. Le Chiffre Sept - poéme' (vertical edges)
5½ x 8½ in. (14 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1951.
La Machine à écrire
colored pencil on graphite on paper
initialed and dated 'JC x 1956' (lower right); titled 'M. Ernie' (upper left)
5¾ x 8½ in. (14.5 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1956. (2)
Provenance
With Andrew J. Ong, Cleveland.