Mar 07, 2002 - Sale 1927

Sale 1927 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 5,290
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
JEAN COCTEAU
Souvenir à Antigone<>.

Pen and black ink and reddish brown wash, 1928. 318x252 mm; 12 1/2x9 7/8 inches. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Mon cher Flechtheim, je vous souhaite une bonne fête et une bonne santé" in ink. Ex-collection Alfred Flechtheim, Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin. Illustrated in Der Querschnitt<>, Berlin, April 1, 1928, p. 42.

One of a group of drawings affectionately presented by a numer of prominent European avant-garde artists, including Chagall, De Chirico, Klee, Léger and Picasso, to the art dealer Flechtheim on his 50th birthday in 1928.