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Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes' (lower centre)
pen and ink, gouache and collage on paper
13¼ x 9¼ in. (33.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fiancés consultant l'oracle de Delphes' (lower centre)
pen and ink, gouache and collage on paper
13¼ x 9¼ in. (33.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Provenance
Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, London.
John Pringle, by whom acquired from the above in June 1985.
John Pringle, by whom acquired from the above in June 1985.
Exhibited
London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Jean Cocteau and the Boeuf sur le Toit, September - October 1982, no. 41.
London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Cecil Beaton and Friends, May - July 1985, no. 107.
London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Cecil Beaton and Friends, May - July 1985, no. 107.
Special notice
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