Mar 13, 2018 - Sale 2469

Sale 2469 - Lot 490

Price Realized: $ 5,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JEAN COCTEAU
Three drawings.

Orpheus and the Lyre, pen and ink on paper, 1960. Signed, dated and dedicated to Max Ernst in ink, upper left and lower right recto. Related to the 1960 movie "Testament of Orpheus," directed and written by Cocteau * Witch, pencil on paper. A cariacture of famous costume designer Leon Baskt, who was a close friend of Cocteau * Femmes de la nuit, pencil, crayon and watercolor on paper. Initialed in pencil, lower right recto. Various sizes and conditions.

Acquired directly from the artist's estate by Tony Clark, a scholar on the artist.